I'll believe that when employers stop giving preference to people with university credentials.
Until they do that, the primary reason most people go to university for CS will continue to be 'for vocational training.' People follow incentives.
Just because there is a need for vocational experts doesn't mean the universities should try to fill it. The place in society for universities is not a short-term-practical one.
Now that I’ve put enough years I don’t get the treatment any more, just strenuously opposed with script-kiddie hacks when I put some intellectual effort in what I’m doing.
There’s a ton of people out there saddling down the industry who are totally our of their depth and terrified of becoming irrelevant.
Arts funding is being drastically cut: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/plans-to-cut-higher-edu... partly because arts graduates make less and partly because studying liberal arts makes students liberal, which the government perceives as a threat.