Man created ships to voyage onto the high seas. Man created planes to soar through the sky. Man created University to traverse the mind.
University’s only purpose is to push human genius further than it could go without the invention & implementation of University. Engineering, mathematics, governance, architecture, neuroscience, and a small handful of other brimming intellectual pursuits precipitated the consecration of higher education.
The popular view of College as a place for people to be informed is misgiven. College is where people discover– with the help of professors and colleagues. Deviation from this mode disqualifies a school from being a place of higher education.
The modern 4-year is as a rule, and by definition, an elementary school.