> This suggests all kinds of interesting questions about the point of university. The point of a university is that it is a store house of universal knowledge.

> This suggests all kinds of interesting questions about the point of university. The point of a university is that it is a store house of universal knowledge. That's even where the name came from. The point of professors is to generate more knowledge and to pass it along. The most important place in a university is the library, although much of the library these days might physically be rack of flashing lights and cooling fans in a dark room somewhere. The task of young adults is to prepare themselves for a career, do networking, build social contacts, and broaden their education. That they do that at university as well as everywhere else is irrelevant. It's OK for anyone of any age to go to a university to gain knowledge, because that's its main purpose. It's great that anyone can obtain formal recognition for a level of knowledge gained, at any age.