While there are indeed poor quality courses, dumbed down courses , we still mustnt lose sight of the fact that more ordinary kids from ordinary homes are going to university these days to do very worthwhile courses in science, medicine, economics or whathaveyou.
Lets not lose sight of this advancement.
In the Sixties as Ron mentions above very few went. It was just for the 10% or so.
Lets do a bit of maths here..pay attention at the back there
Lets say in the Sixties 10% went to Uni
Lets say last year 40% went to Uni
Lets say 10% did rubbish dumbed down courses.
Thats still a huge new wave of advancement, a new wave of students doing worthwhile courses to benefit all, nation and family.
Now these figures arent accurate but just used there to illustrate a point. Its too easy to dismiss the increased numbers at university using the dumbed down argument.