FDR wrote:

The technological pride this country had is dwindling. Not only from this
administration, but from companies moving it out to foreign countries, and a
weakened higher education system because we value popstars, celebrities and
athletes much more than engineers and scientists.

Sadly, you are correct. In the community I live in, you can't swing a
dead cat without hitting an Indian, here as doctors, engineers and
programmers.

Nothing against Indians at all -- it just brings into focus the failure
of the American educational system...