Of coursemodern universities are a scam. Maybe that's not true for a small % of students (those going into academia, for example), but in reality I'd wager all

Of coursemodern universities are a scam. Maybe that's not true for a small % of students (those going into academia, for example), but in reality I'd wager all my money that the majority of students would not end up better in life attending university than doing sef learning online. Most students don't build a big social network in college. Most students don't take away meaninful thoughts from university. Most students probably don't even end up using the discipline or domain knowledge they acquired for a significant part of their career. If all universities produce for people is a piece of paper that says "this person MIGHT be able to do the job you want done" (and let's be real - how many people do you know got a college level job simply by flashing their degree?) then there's absolutely no reason that degree comes with a 6 figure debt. That's something we can cut down to low 5 digits easily. The problem of course is universities only have the incentive to charge more for the same product because no one's demanding they do anything of value.