AAQ
“CS, depends on the college, major and how you pursue it.
If you choose a technical major in a local or online college, use CLEPs and yeshiva classes for electives, you are mostly studying livelihood-related subjects. Parents should be able to guide you around things you don’t need to listen.
If you are going for a liberal arts degree in a fancy college while living in a dorm, then you get a lot of problems inside and outside of the classes”
True there are differences. When I checked with my mashpia after marriage regarding the TTI program where you can use credits from Jewish higher educational schools, and learn specific classes at home, and then take tests, I was told that Rabbi Heller has said that TTI is not what The Rebbe meant when he was against college.
That being said, the Alter Rebbe discussing how one is metame his brain with learning secular knowledge unless he uses it for kedusha like the Rambam and Ramban. So it’s what to tread carefully with.
When I was in school the curriculum was as such that we had to read goyishe novels. Most times I was able to convince the teacher etc to let me read a Jewish novel and write on it instead. Twice they forced me to read their curriculum and I was thoroughly revolted. And these were approved books. Imagine the others. But when someone exposes themselves to such stuff on a regular basis they don’t even see the shikutz of it