Originally Posted by Dude
I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised that college credentialing has turned into a farcical arms race that confers little genuine benefit to society. That's the inevitable result of competition.

It stands to reason that incremental credentialing, over time, has become an arm race of negative or no societal value. We're just now seeing the tipping point, where yesterday's "incremental" is now the norm.

What is to give light must endure burning.