I would agree with your position on the assumption that the skills being taught by universities are truly valuable. My computer science and engineering course

I would agree with your position on the assumption that the skills being taught by universities are truly valuable. My computer science and engineering course didn't teach git. I got a test on CSS and I wasn't allowed to use references, I assume the presumption was that I might need to write CSS without the internet I suppose? It introduced a proprietary UML code generator meant for working with oracle. There was 0 percent chance that company wasn't giving my university kickbacks. Speaking of kickbacks, have you looked at the insanity university textbooks are engaging in now? If I had a choice of hiring someone who had field experience over someone with a degree, it wouldn't even be a choice for me, field experience. But you can't quantify that. you can't CYA with that. So this farce must go on. Now, obviously, we should improve these issues. Obviously, that piece of paper should mean something. And hey I'm not saying I learned nothing. Despite these failings I managed to learn some valuable skills while I was there. I did take it seriously. But that made these issues all the worse. I would not operate on the assumption that if someone cheated their way through university that they have no skills.