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by Mirioron 2691 days ago
The consequences are that certain easier degrees will get flooded and the degree becomes worthless "because everyone has one". Most of those people won't be able to find work in their field of expertise. College will still be useful for them, but only as a signaling mechanism. But it might even be a negative signaling mechanism, because it would show that the student didn't think through their actions.