>> I need folks who know how to think... for themselves and learn and go out and find knowledge they need to solve problems and then solve the problems. So, is

>> I need folks who know how to think... for themselves and learn and go out and find knowledge they need to solve problems and then solve the problems. So, is going to college and earning a degree the only way to do that? In fact most of the college education is not designed with the idea of inculcating learning as a skill, in fact college may be a bit late for that skill and as a consequence/side-effect earn a degree. Should we reject someone who still can give you the signals (thinking, persistence) one could be looking for, but hasn't attended or dropped out of college? There could be more optimal ways to learn to think, and solve problems and being reasonable enough in not giving up. Going to college, incurring debt, doing things where the dead end is a degree is not optimal.