@adapalmer And when we are at it, the Bologna system in Europe is a bit devaluation of the university system too.
The old (bachelor free) system in Austria was arguably harder (because you did have to organize yourself), but it was, well, university, you had choice.
Today, a BSc might have 10 ECTS electives, and 12 ECTS specialisation. The rest is basically planned through for 3 years, including timetables???