Wise employers have paid apprenticeships for this very reason, and more should. A return to something like the guild system would severely limit whatever usefulness of so-called "higher ed" remains.

In a perfect world the university would be replaced by dedicated schools of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, and law, leaving the humanities for individual pursuit in independent libraries and studios, in independent music academies devoted only to theory and performance.

How about private corporations building training annexes? Job candidates who show promise in introductory interviews are given paid training in the company annex and advanced to more highly paid positions when they master whatever skills they're training for.

Wise employers have paid apprenticeships for this very reason, and more should. A return to something like the guild system would severely limit whatever usefulness of so-called "higher ed" remains.

In a perfect world the university would be replaced by dedicated schools of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, and law, leaving the humanities for individual pursuit in independent libraries and studios, in independent music academies devoted only to theory and performance.

How about private corporations building training annexes? Job candidates who show promise in introductory interviews are given paid training in the company annex and advanced to a more highly paid position when he masters whatever skills he's training for.

Wise employers have paid apprenticeships for this very reason, and more should. A return to something like the guild system would severely limit whatever usefulness of so-called "higher ed" remains.

In a perfect world the university would be replaced by dedicated schools of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, and law, leaving the humanities for individual pursuit in independent libraries and studios, in independent music academies devoted only to theory and performance.

How about private corporations building training annexes? Job candidates who show promise in introductory interviews are given paid training in the company annex and advanced to a paid position when he masters whatever skills he's training for.