mattnewport comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong
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Clearly universities are grossly inefficient at teaching, but as Robin Hanson would say, School isn't about Learning.
The education system in general in most Western countries is grossly inefficient but that is largely because it is not structured in a way that rewards educating efficiently, and that is exactly how most of the participants want it.