A way to teach people how to do research (without doing a multi year "apprenticeship" at a few limited locations). Research skills as one of the "R" taught as

A way to teach people how to do research (without doing a multi year "apprenticeship" at a few limited locations). Research skills as one of the "R" taught as a fundamental skill. Like you can learn programming without really apprenticing yourself to a specific master programmer, people should be able to learn do research without doing a PhD. If this problem is cracked, all kinds of non-traditional people will be able to contribute to progress.