The consensus Bryan Alexander is talking about is this: "the more people go to college, the better". I will say that if it is shattered, as he suggests, then this shattering is mostly a U.S.-based phenomenon. And this ties in with two factors. One is political: the rapidly decreasing trust on the right wing of colleges and elites generally. The other is financial: people would be far more supportive of the idea of a college education for all is it were more affordable. As it is, in the U.S. especially the cost of college cleaves society neatly into a have and have-not faction, and this latter faction was been weaponized by the right wing. It is arguable - and I would argue - that the U.S. college system as it currently exists bears a large proportion of the responsibility for the sorry state of U.S. politics. It would help, I think, were commentators in the U.S. not only willing to talk about what happens in other countries, but were very clear that what they describe is the exception, not the rule, worldwide. Sadly, neither is common.
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