I think the piece that is making this tough is that Universities were not designed to train people for work. As society became saturated with people with degrees, the market adjusted to expect degrees as a qualification for work. This also has allowed secondary education to water down as post-secondary now prepares for entry level work in white collar fields.
So you have an academic research institute designed to contribute to society in terms of knowledge and solving complex issues now expected to do job training as well. Do those two things reconcile?
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