„If students have been told throughout their educational careers that the purpose of education is to get good credentials in order to get a good job, then this form of extrinsic motivation may make them ready to ‚plug in and play‘. If, however, the demand for graduates does not fit policy makers’ imaginary of a knowledge economy, then that presages a crisis in university education.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hugh Lauder u. a., Higher education and the labour market: an introduction (2020), S. 7.