Outside perspective - here in Europe, enormous numbers of people in late middle age to old age return to university out of love of learning. Despite low to negl

Outside perspective - here in Europe, enormous numbers of people in late middle age to old age return to university out of love of learning. Despite low to negligible impact on wages etc. They generally have better outcomes in terms of overall grades also. There's a boatload of research into intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation that supports the idea that we have an innate love of learning.