"It used to be easier to get a job with a bachelor's degree in economics, said Sobek, but now he believes employers are looking for highly specialized graduates who have done internships since their first year of college. Sobek commented that he feels that, as a country, we are losing the sense of college, which, in his opinion, was about discovering who you are and what interests you. His experience told him that "people need to know what they want to do after college when they get there," which is a difficult task for a teenager."

"As the new school year begins, it is worth noting how students and administrators treat universities, even elite ones, as a stepping stone to a "good job" above all else. That is: universities are already vocational training schools."