Is the University System Broken?

As a computer science “major” at my university, I often find myself focusing far more time on my non-computer science related studies than my computer science studies. Since computer science topics come naturally to me, these extraneous studies make it very difficult to delve deeper into topics I’m actually interested in.

The university system encourages exploration. That’s fantastic. Yet today, the drumbeat of “everyone goes to college” is damanging. It sets many up for failure; those who would be better suited to tech school end up finding academia difficult. College dropout rates are very telling of the failure of the message; its also proven by companies like Apple who say they can’t find enough skilled workers in the US.