Is America becoming increasingly ignorant?

I don't know your qualifications, but unless you have attended an Ivy League school and its exclusive social environment, how can you comment on the conclusions by someone who has?
I guess we can't discuss much of anything then. Certainly no one could say anything about dinosaurs or Neanderthals. I guess we're done here. Edit:
His critique was that the prominent universities neglected to teach emphasis on public leadership qualities, instead of using their expertise for personal gain.
If he had a real critique, why didn't mention these classes? If these classes are failing to do the job, why?] I am happy you haven't given up on me yet. Perhaps the following quote from William Deresiewicz article in the The Scientific American may shed light on his worldview;
Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League degrees,
and
It’s not surprising that it took me so long to discover the extent of my miseducation, because the last thing an elite education will teach you is its own inadequacy. As two dozen years at Yale and Columbia have shown me, elite colleges relentlessly encourage their students to flatter themselves for being there, and for what being there can do for them. The advantages of an elite education are indeed undeniable. You learn to think, at least in certain ways, and you make the contacts needed to launch yourself into a life rich in all of society’s most cherished rewards. To consider that while some opportunities are being created, others are being cancelled and that while some abilities are being developed, others are being crippled is, within this context, not only outrageous, but inconceivable.
The full article may be found here:http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#.VEWzRnYtDhc