Solid article. This problem is painfully evident in the UK, where we're aiming at 50% university attendance, when we have quality courses available for about 10

Solid article. This problem is painfully evident in the UK, where we're aiming at 50% university attendance, when we have quality courses available for about 10% of students. The result: 3 more years of high-school quality education - quantitatively more education, but qualitatively these 'graduates' have just crammed, parroted and forgotten a little more. The most important skill to take from HE is the ability and desire to continue to learn: the only skill that'll never be obsolete (I'd better keep telling myself that, since I'm a history graduate :) ).