This is true, and in my opinion there is one more tendency which you also imply. Not only the public at large, but even University graduates start to an extent

This is true, and in my opinion there is one more tendency which you also imply. Not only the public at large, but even University graduates start to an extent distrusting those who are "professionals" in academia. It is simply a whole other world, where you are only judged by the number of papers under your name, perhaps never having contributed to anything practical - seems so detached from real life.