He probably cannot find five courses in his field devoid of new age professorial blabber. I give him some credit for spending ‘away from school’ time for being out in the world. There are a number of people like Gates who chose to forego college degrees to be in the real world. I do believe there are some fields such as science/engineering and medicine/doctors that need professional guidance; business and societal shaping not so much.
Two semesters. Take 9 credits from March to May and 6 more from May to July.
Then announce how anyone, regardless of standing could go back to school.