mrs. mom, you make good points. But I don't believe that the realistic changes are that damaging. They'll require more of the people but we've worked hard until this point, and there's no reason we wouldn't be able to do this stuff. I agree that a master's degree is kinda ridiculous. note that no one is talking about a required GPA.
once we can work, people should be able to get an AA degree. it's not hard.