> Universities in modern day are used by staff and admins as a free tax payer funded paycheck. No. University staff - academic and administrative - work for th

> Universities in modern day are used by staff and admins as a free tax payer funded paycheck. No. University staff - academic and administrative - work for their paycheck. I would assume most of them work hard, although my evidence is local/anecdotal. > While the students are hammered with having to make money to afford to live there This is not a problem in every country, but yes, I agree that university education should be gratis. > We are pushing out students with little to no real world experience To the extent that the university is not the real-world - this is a tautology. > very little ability to critically think or find answers on their own.... we give them no time to and instead make them write about what Plato did, or how we can create more gender neutral environments. This is an over-generalization. Perhaps this happens in your department, in your university, in your country - and perhaps some others; I doubt this is true in the majority of cases. Although I'll grant you that institutions properly fostering critical thought is somewhat of a rarity. > There is no accountability. A university can offer a degree and teach nothing In many/most countries this is false: There are periodic appraisals of various academic tracks by other universities, the state, relevant industries etc (details vary by country). > people don't realize just how bad COVID rules destroyed some of these uni's This may be true, but I'm not in academia these days so I wouldn't know.