Ironically, one can teach active, experiential courses that teach skills. As a professor at an elite school, I can say from experience that you wouldn't believ

Ironically, one can teach active, experiential courses that teach skills. As a professor at an elite school, I can say from experience that you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get the administration to support such classes, though. The administrative structure is designed to teach factual recall and abstract analysis that don't develop skills useful for life or work. Professors who publish or perish learn to publish. It being the skill they have, they teach it. Not many professions benefit from publishing as your primary skill. Nor citizenship, adulthood, or happiness.