Good questions on the future of higher education; But, answers?

I read the following sentences in an email from the university's provost about an upcoming "campus conversation"

The Conversation will provide a chance to respond to multiple questions:

We’re in the midst of a radical change in how knowledge is acquired and shared.  What do we see as opportunities or challenges in responding to that change?

What are the instructional challenges that have come about in the recent past that are beyond some faculty or staff members’ skill set and require support or assistance?

How can we guide the institution’s use of limited resources to help faculty and staff meet students’ needs to succeed?

Of course, other questions will come up.  At the end of the meeting, the ideas will be gathered and serve as the basis for another Campus Conversation in the fall when we can share what we learned and begin to identify possible answers.

Now, these are the kinds of questions that I would love to discuss with fellow professionals, and the laity too.

However, past experience has been that my fellow professionals do not want to hear about how I think about these kinds of questions.  I don't blame them; after all, it would not be comfortable to think about:

how higher education is another speculative bubble that needs to be popped, or
how the way the "business" is conducted it resembles a ponzi scheme; or
how the system is only about serving itself, instead of being focused on the welfare and success of students; or
how the wasteful spending on athletics is too sacred a topic to be discussed; or
how teaching is failing big time; or
how ... 

 Well, I could list them forever ... no point attending such meetings, which almost always are exercises in self-congratulations, and scheming about how to raise more money from taxpayers, students, and donors.

I love (higher) education way too much :(