[Soul of the South]

If colleges and universities were intellectually rigorous, they would assign students the project of writing 2 papers — One for the tax breaks and the other against. The students would actually learn something by researching both sides of an issue and understanding the merits from both points of view.

Unfortunately colleges and universities no longer teach critical thinking.

[WMarshal]

You could close every public school in the country and get better results by linking benefits to tests scores. For example requiring passing a test on analytical skills if you wanted a driver's license before 18. Tying permits to certain occupations to math and English exams. If you need public assistance and you want to not live in a government-run halfway house if you want food, pass a test. People are not dumb, they would self-educate.l and the access to the Internet makes this entirely feasible.

If that was done then universities could focus on the what they do best: the hard sciences, engineering, and research and development.

Also we need to remove the requirement that you need a college degree in law before you can take the bar exam. Also medical residency needs to be reformed to restrict the hours worked by instituting overtime and mandating that pay increases every month in residency until in the last months residents are nearly making as much pay as a full doctor.