Education is good / Is college place to obtain? (Score 1)

Education is good. But is college the best place to get the general education? The college will give you a piece of paper saying you have been given the opportunity to consider different subjects. But there is a substantial fee for that piece of paper and that paper doesn't not tell a potential employer if anything was learned or gained. Perhaps there is a better way to measure his desire to learn and his exposure to things outside of his computing field other than a piece of paper that may or may not tell me something of value.

BTW, I went to college. I took some graduate classes. But I would still hire the guy even with out the BS degree if my interview with him showed he was creative and able to solve problems.