"rise in college attendance means that...a degree is a less significant indicator of intelligence now than it once was...Marine Corps officers have reflected this trend, declining in average intelligence along with the population of college graduates" https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-81/jfq-81_54-61_Cancian.pdf
"41 percent of new officers in 2014 would not have qualified to be officers by the standards held at the time of World War II."
"young people who possess a college degree in 2016 are, on average, less intelligent than those who possessed a college degree in 1980. The private sector and civilian agencies of government have responded by demanding a postgraduate education for more jobs"
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