We really need our academics to focus on teaching people [before they get out of highschool] useful skills [critical thinking, for instance] instead of picking

We really need our academics to focus on teaching people [before they get out of highschool] useful skills [critical thinking, for instance] instead of picking fights with people over a given ideology [e.g. Thiel who holds a belief/theory he is trying to prove which can only be proven once he has a preponderance of evidence/success on his side]. For instance, how to calculate the ROI of any purchase they make whether that is a college degree, a stock, or a house. College makes sense for many people in many fields. A bunch of people get suckered into degrees from for-profit schools that aren't worth their price because they read articles like these and think 'college == superior' without thinking critically about the problem.