I may not totally agree with Certifications replacing Higher education but education is changing for sure, people who are not seeing it are either closing their

I may not totally agree with Certifications replacing Higher education but education is changing for sure, people who are not seeing it are either closing their eyes or are refusing to accept reality(Colleges i am talking to you). Today's generation is certainly more rebellious than previous generation, they are questioning everything that is not right and ready to change it. Colleges are suddenly becoming obstructions( I am not talking about all the colleges here but most of them). This generations wants everything on-demand be it entertainment or education. Now if you are telling them, Rebel against RIAA but not against colleges(apples and oranges). To them, both are obstructions in the path of what they want. They want knowledge which can give them practical results and they have just found a medium(internet) where they can obtain it. What colleges are telling them now is learn Quantum Physics or Organic Chemistry, you might use it in the future. It is like telling, Learn how to use a Gun, your country might be invaded sometime(that should be taught in Middle Eastern colleges though). We all know the purpose of colleges, They prepare you to face real world and secure your future, they are unable to do that currently. I have hardly met any Hackers, who got their hacking skills from college(Everyone has self taught himself with the help of a new medium). So if currently people are becoming successful, it is in spite of higher education not because of it. We have seem lot of successful people as example too, who have done really well without higher education( Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Michael Dell). The phenomena of more successful people without higher education will only be more common now. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. - Bill Gates