For those discussing cost shifting and demographics in higher education (and medicine) - spot on.
I believe our Western civilisation was built on the backs of straight, white Christian males and their high trust, social contract, nuclear family orientation. This allowed engineering, community, and corruption was at about as low as a society could be (it's never zero!)

Well, the straight white males are getting kicked out of every facet of society, and guess what? The engine room of the ship is gone. We are now seeing that strong powerful women and diversity hires CANNOT keep the ship moving. Everything is going to crap.

I have strong views on banking, which many of you would be sympathetic with, and that is also an underlying issue (and perhaps driver, depending on how far down the rabbit hole you go).

But the point remains, the less straight white males of the type of the founding fathers there are, the worse things get.