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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're absolutely correct - but what you're describing is a learning institution in general, not a university. That's the fundamental issue.

Universities have a very specific purpose and it's academic. Unfortunately, our society not only shoves a bunch of commercial values in the mix, but also eliminates most of the other learning opportunities, which turned universities in this weird mix of conflicting interests and unrealistic expectations.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Is this some American usage of the word University as opposed to College that I'm too British to understand? I don't think I quite followed your second paragraph; unless you mean that a university that doesn't support genuine academia over conflicting interests is undeserving of the name, in which case I agree with that much... But I would say that as far as value goes, it should also have those same benefits I mentioned for those as attend it.