Agree and disagree. I think colleges should be all about academics, but that a person’s college years should not be just about academics. In other words I think that the years from 18-22 should be about many things including socializing, having fun, being exposed to new ideas, taking risks, “finding yourself”, dating, learning to “adult” etc. I believe these goals are just as important as academics. At the same time, I wish that colleges in the United States would focus more narrowly on academics. I feel that colleges here are trying to do so much that they may end up doing nothing well (and the costs are too high.) I prefer the European model where college tuition is cheap and buys high quality academics but not much else. European university students still end up doing all the rest, but the University doesn’t engineer it for them.