[haberman]

The rate of college attendance has increased dramatically in the last 250 years, and especially in the last 75.

In 1789 there were 1,000 enrolled college students total, in a country of 2.8M. In 2025, it is 19M students in a country of 340M. https://educationalpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/251...

In 1950, 5.5% of adults ages 25-34 had completed a 4 year college degree. In 2018, it was 39%. https://www.highereddatastories.com/2019/08/changes-in-educa...

With attendance increasing at this rate (not to mention the exploding costs of tuition), it seems possible that the methods need to change as well.

[ninalanyon]

So now we have a lot more people who can teach and mark exams.