<p>There are a lot of students who go to college just to get the degree. Not to get an education. You need a Bachelors Degree for just about any white collar job at this point and satisfying the 120 credit and core requirements with the least effort for a lot of people is just fine. </p>
<p>The same goes for MBA & MLS degree seekers: you need that piece of paper to advance in a career. I’m not saying that people in the Masters Level programs don’t work hard, but it isn’t uncommon for people to enter those programs with the attitude “I can’t move to the next level at work until I have that degree, so I guess I’ll start.” </p>
<p>So I guess the “bad” judgment for me is partially based on fit, and cost/value (I’m talking about low ranked schools that are very expensive.) For most of us on CC, our kids are fairly good students & education is important to us; our checklist for what is a “good school” may look very different from what the majority of the U.S. considers important for post secondary education.</p>