None of what you learned needs to be coupled with a university as it now exists to learn. And in fact, all of those have been and are possible outside of the university.
My statement was not regarding exclusivity to university, but a rebuttal to the parent comment (re: who cares about what they learned other than the piece of paper?).
I doubt very many people would be willing to pay out the nose for the education if it didn't come with that piece of paper at the end. Sure, we may value some things along the way, but what matters is the piece of paper.
