College degree

When the affirmative action program came out in the early 70's, I was working in the production plants and was given the task of making sure my plant had a diverse group of employees. In a few years this idea spread to universities and that worked for the first year but then trouble. It turned out that minority students who were place in Ivy League school could not do the work. This embarrassing situation had to be corrected so the course work was dumb ed down and this was the beginning of what became known as grade inflation and that continues to this day. The students who were recently allowed in USC would have flunked if it were not for this. Yesterday recent graduates were interviewed and one young lady said she graduated two years ago and could not find a job. When asked what she studied she said she majored in theater arts. I am not sure what this is but it does not sound like there would be many jobs in that area. She might have been better off to just go to work after high school. Students going to college today have to consider their future. If you are in engineering, science, business, nursing, or teaching you can probably use your education to get a job but many other areas of study that is not the case. If I had two young people applying for a job and one was a recent graduate in theater arts who was back home living with her parents who had just spent a 100 grand on her schooling, or another woman who graduated from high school and went to work in beginner low paying jobs who learned how to pay her own light bill, I would not give much weight to the college degree.