> This is because our society has conflated education with acquiring skills which can be used to create value.
It's even worse than this. Society has conflated credentials with education.
It's not necessary that someone learns 'marketable skills' during an undergraduate degree. However, it _is_ important that they develop their ability to think and to learn. Those in themselves are not marketable skills, but help greatly in acquiring marketable skills later.
It's even worse than this. Society has conflated credentials with education.
It's not necessary that someone learns 'marketable skills' during an undergraduate degree. However, it _is_ important that they develop their ability to think and to learn. Those in themselves are not marketable skills, but help greatly in acquiring marketable skills later.