We need difficult college courses which yield degrees. Its quite simple, really. If the course is hard and fruitful, very few unmotivated people will get through it. And a motivated person is sure to succeed (at least much much much more likely). This way having a degree REALLY will mean something. If 10/1000 graduate from this program, you graduating means that you really did accomplish something great. Also we need a way to snapshot your success. In other words if the school dies, it should not diminish what you did in school. There should be a way other than the name of the school to indicate that you passed through the blazes of academic hell and came out triumphant.