Unfortunately, at some colleges, this is absolutely possible. Several years ago, I watched Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk which sadly explains how.
In this revealing documentary, veteran correspondent John Merrow takes you behind the ivy-covered walls of our colleges and universities to see if they are delivering on their promise.
Debunking commonly held notions about the rite of passage known as the college experience, this PBS documentary follows 30 students and their teachers along the path of higher education, from admission to graduation, and exposes the disappointment, disorientation and deflation many students feel – in both public and private schools. This revealing study also addresses the quality and readiness of America’s future work force.
Granted, these are not the colleges most coveted by the herd here, but the film does show how many students ARE able to graduate with “skimmed” degrees and what the implication of that mis-education is–a degree in hand, but lack of readiness for the work force, or anything else.
If you believe that college should prepare a student for a job (not my position), some colleges make it too easy to sidestep that goal.