Well said!
I couldnt agree more, especially with a) learn how to learn and b) use those learning skills to develop some degree of expertise in a particular field, NOT that they are there just to get a diploma.
That is simply not happening anymore, like it should be (similar to the discussion in the other topic:
http://talk.campusdakota.com/index.php?topic=4913).
Educating students, actually educating them as opposed to just teaching classes needs to be looked at. In my opinion it is getting lost a lot of times as professors focus on many other things including research (and not necessarily a fault of their own) as is the case with administration just looking at growing numbers and revenues over quality (of students, education, etc.).