When I check in with students about why they are in college they almost always talk about the job search and working towards a career. This is not isolated to community college. The majority of 4 year students I talk to are pursuing that singular goal. Perhaps this is me being an academic for once and worrying about the cause of education. When I see Scott Walker file to change the University of Wisconsin’s core philosophy from “Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.” to “meet the state’s workforce needs.” It hammers home the fact that we are in a different reality from what I wish it was.