Exactly. At some point [I'm assuming based on legend and claims it once was] the american "higher" education system became a business, rather than a true acade

Exactly. At some point [I'm assuming based on legend and claims it once was] the american "higher" education system became a business, rather than a true academic institution. The purpose has nothing to do with giving students a solid education: it has entirely to do with getting their money, and giving them a good "social" experience that convinces them to convince friends, family and offspring to go to the school. In some cases, I suspect there is genuine "let's use Java because it's heavily used in industry." But in most cases, it's "Let's use Java because Java is EASY, and our students don't want to take hard classes with things like pointer math and C".