I think what's lacking is a recognition of knowledge UNLESS
someone goes through the system. *I* think the university system
should be free for all. Money kept me from finishing mine 25
years ago. So, I learned on the Internet instead. Libraries.
Wherever I could get my hands on knowledge. But the lack of
acknowledgement via a degree makes it not matter to some.
Thankfully, there's ALWAYS a way to get employment with
knowledge-alone if you can talk to the right person, so it's not
a total barrier to many fields that _seem_ closed. Thing is
though, a free college system will probably reduce the number of
Universities available to a few. But at the very least, if they
could make community colleges that exist free, and let them
offer up to PhD levels, we'll see a HUGE gain in society.