The point of a college or university isn't to train you for a profession, that's what trade schools are for, and there's a reason most people don't go to them.

The point of a college or university isn't to train you for a profession, that's what trade schools are for, and there's a reason most people don't go to them. You can get a degree from a major university without learning a thing - it's trivial to cram for tests, if not outright cheat (as many do), and pass with flying colors. The point of university is to give you free time to grow up however you want to. For those genuinely interested in a subject the freedom of 4 years of doing whatever you want is something more valuable than any on-job training. You can read all day, go through GEB or SCIP in a week or two. Not cram it into nights after work, but genuinely indulge in learning the ins and outs of a subject - be it LISP/compilers or Edna Millay. Learning to edit Apache config files or web API's and frameworks takes neither time nor brains. Learning everything about the world around you uninhibited take both. Ah, college, how I'll miss you...