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Re:Silicon Valley Asks Mostly for Developers with Degrees by dilemma on Thursday March 31, 2016 @10:37AM (#11397471)
> If you think of cubicle training as the main job of the university, it follows that large corporations would look for degrees.

If you read The History of Education (1920)[0] which outlines how the American and the Preussian system of education it is based on was created and on what basis, you'll see that this is exactly true. Education has never, ever been about exploration, or knowledge for its own sake. It has always been about increasing productivity for businesses, and tax revenue for government.

[0] https://archive.org/stream/briefhistoryofed00cubbuoft/briefh...

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