“The problem is...we are merely pumping these people out and not asking ourselves what exactly they will do later in life.”
Absolutely true, and if the hierarchy of our major universities truly cared about this they would change a lot of things. Unfortunately, they don’t, and they won’t.
I went back last year...researching class choices in the mid-1800s at a smaller university in America, and wrote a blog over the topics offered.
You had to take debate as a class each year, and show some talents in the art to graduate. You had to study some of the Roman/Latin classics. You had to take a basic class in geography/geometry. The difference between a 2014 listing and a 1800’s listing....is significant. A kid graduating from years ago could actually think, debate, and ponder. I doubt if you could get that out of ten-percent of the kids who graduate today.