Can a question be a non sequitur? Asking a question does not imply an accusation, not sure why you read it as such.
I completely agree with your last statement, I have been troubled by America's recent move towards viewing education simply as training future workers.
An example from Wisconsin [1]:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker submitted a budget proposal that included language that would have changed the century-old mission of the University of Wisconsin system — known as the Wisconsin Idea and embedded in the state code — by removing words that commanded the university to “search for truth” and “improve the human condition” and replacing them with “meet the state’s workforce needs.”
I completely agree with your last statement, I have been troubled by America's recent move towards viewing education simply as training future workers.
An example from Wisconsin [1]:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker submitted a budget proposal that included language that would have changed the century-old mission of the University of Wisconsin system — known as the Wisconsin Idea and embedded in the state code — by removing words that commanded the university to “search for truth” and “improve the human condition” and replacing them with “meet the state’s workforce needs.”
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/...