Students opting for the cream (Chronicle of Higher Ed article)

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@blossom

They proliferated all the disciplines that the elite institutions (contrary to your point) won’t touch- BS in Forensic Science, BA in Criminal Justice, BS in Public Safety. You won’t see the elites go near these subjects. You can question why someone needs a BA in Criminal Justice to get a job as a probation officer-- but the reality is that some jurisdictions require a degree

Could it be that the requirement for a degree exists because there’re colleges granting those degrees? We don’t know which is the cause and which is the effect, do we? We didn’t have those degrees before. Has public safety improved because of the Public Safety degree? Does criminal justice work any better now with the Criminal Justice degree?