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Originally Posted by Plato  I disagree. Higher education is a fantastic thing. Being able to talk to some of the best people in their respective fields is a privilege. |
Most people never actually
speak to those professors--they get a lecture from them. A series of lectures that are probably less in depth than the man's book(s) that you could pick up at the library. And you'll be lucky if the leading researchers are actually teaching more than one class per semester--usually the college hires them for the money they get in research grants, and has them publishing all the time.
If you are not enrolled in the college, and you wish to speak to one of these individuals, it is still completely possible. It's not like having a college transcript is a VIP backstage pass.
Here's an exercise: Write down a list of the 5 people you would most like to meet in the next year and seek out meeting them. You'll probably find it won't matter whether or not you are enrolled in college.