These opinion pieces always try to start off sounding "Fair and Balanced", then eventually, the true motives are revealed. 

It's a Red team justification and a Blue team hit job.

The reasons given for the Red teams ignorant hatred towards higher education are petty and not completely accurate. Why is Karl Rove and Ken Star speaking out about Drumpf and his performance on the job and personal evaluations of Drumpf are harsh. Really harsh...7 years and the Red team who owns the government can't even pass a repeal on Obamacare. These people ran on demolishing Obamacare. On the first day...blah blah blah.

These people live in rural areas. They are farmers, coal miners, steel workers etc. they've never seen a need for college in generations.

You can tell the ignorant and uneducated anything and they'll believe it. 

This actually explains it all...It's frightening.

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/20/real-americans-vs-coastal-elites-what-right-wing-sneers-at-city-dwellers-really-mean/