[sarasota]

Good point. But in the workplace, with one boss, do you think a person is limited in mentoring? At colleges and universities one experiences many mentors and has to be more flexible and accommodating. Having to listen to and learn from various professors ultimately helps during interviews; it's perhaps easier to determine which type of individual would make a suitable employer. Just speculating here.

[baystaterebel]

I see your point. And I believe it is an advantage. But consider those working in a large corporation. I have contact with bosses, and managers, and executives on a daily basis. Each requires a different tact when engaging them. Each has limits on what he directly knows and what he or she can get done. Some of them are very good at their jobs others are not. Learning to directly deal with these people cant be taught in a class room.

I think my point is that the same skills need to be learned to survive. But once again while one is learning them in a classroom another is learning them and applying them in real life.

[baystaterebel]

P.S.

Not a day goes by that I don't think back and wonder what could have been had I went to college.

One thing that has been mentioned by others and in my opinion is very important is the fact that the mental age of a kid going to college makes a huge difference as to what he or she will take out of it. At 18 the money spent on college would have been a waste. At 22 I was much more ready to take it seriously.

I don't want to sound like sour grapes either. A college degree in the hands of someone who can apply that knowledge gained is an asset to any company who hires them. The converse is true also from my experience.