I would love for degrees to be about “learning how to learn”. However if that’s what their purpose is, and not to guarantee with high likelihood an ability to e

I would love for degrees to be about “learning how to learn”. However if that’s what their purpose is, and not to guarantee with high likelihood an ability to earn an income, then the price of these degrees has to fall. Or at least taxpayers need to stop letting 18 year olds borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars for them. I think academics put the blinders on, as everyone does when their own livelihood is at stake, by telling themselves, “well the degree isn’t supposed to lead to anything concrete, we are teaching how to learn, and that’s priceless.” Unfortunately when such a credential costs $200k+, this reverts the university system back to what it was originally - a finishing school for the elite, where they make connections with similar types on their way to careers in business, law, and politics.