Selected keywords: "institutions extracting value from vulnerable populations", "universities hungry for tuition revenue", "aggressive online recruitment", "mass-production of courses", "rapid enrollment growth [...] regardless of educational quality", "robostudents", "roboworker environment", "college mania". Conclusions: "Academic cheating, now industrialized through generative AI and contract-cheating platforms, further erodes the integrity of degrees while institutions look away to protect revenue." "The U.S. higher education system is no longer simply under strain—it is undergoing a corporate and technological takeover." "For decades, advertising has propped up the myth that a college degree—any degree, from any institution—guarantees social mobility.…