"Do universities actually make sense anymore? " I think the question is better phrased 'Do universities IN THEIR CURRENT FORM actually make sense anymore?'. I

"Do universities actually make sense anymore? " I think the question is better phrased 'Do universities IN THEIR CURRENT FORM actually make sense anymore?'. I used to share your opinion, especially after completing my bachelors but now that I am back in the system doing a masters (in the EU), I 100% see the value of university education (though I believe it should be free for all). The idea that you can meet in a room, full of likeminded individuals and be taught by experts in their fields, given deadlines, exam pressure, assignments and struggle together with other students carries weight. Most especially if you are interested in science and research, in investigating and discovering, you will be taught the rigour and discipline involved in this. Science is as much about the community as it is about the subject itself. All research builds off of previous ideas/experiments and many well-known scientists often conferred regularly and deeply with their counterparts around the world. I think universities are an important place where young generations of future minds can come into contact with the members of these communities.