The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has been paying close attention to the War on College for quite some time, and it has concluded that the state of higher education is simply awful. College is just a horrible place to send your children — because you are spending obscene sums of money for a substandard education.
The reasons why it’s a substandard education can get a bit confusing at times, however. Best not to think to much about it.
You still want to think about it? Okay, but I warn you, you’re not going to like my conclusions.
This week two cover stories came out about the state of higher education. Both were very critical of the status quo, but for very different reasons. Let’s start with the Atlantic’s cover story by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, “The Coddling of the American Mind.” Lukianoff and Haidt chronicle the rise of a new wave of political correctness on campuses.