When I was in the organization in the late 60's, I heard an entire lecture on college "being the devil's playground". This attitude has continued to the present, as I have a relative who feels the same way, and speaks of members of the congration being shunned because they have sought higher education. A case in point is a JW mother who went back to school for additional nurses training. Her daughter, also a JW, no longer speakers to her.
The best way to keep people's minds, hearts, and dreams depressed is to keep them from getting an education. In such cases, a religion like this one, can seem appealing. What else can you do?
It also contributes to the sense of entitlement. When I asked my aunt why it was right for JWs to send their children to school to be taught by people who had gone to college, or seek medical help from people who had gone to college, I was advised that they (JWS) were God's chosen, so it was right that others should take care of them.
This is not just sad, it is sick!