I believe the solution to the “higher education” ripoff is to switch to a system of certifications, in all subjects, modeled on such systems in the computer and networking fields.
That’s not a bad idea. In some industries it makes a lot of sense for a person’s competency to be tested through the industry, not a system of “higher education” that may have become completely disconnected from employers over time.
Yes!
There used to be bank school, IBM school, law school where you read for the law under a practitioner. Nursing school, etc.
Schools that taught you the aspects of your chosen field. Not degreed programs that didn’t focus on the knowledge base.