"licensed attorneys and paralegals are needed... we are not encouraging individuals to pursue higher education"
makes me think of
'We accept blood fractions and the use of expensive, complex bloodless medical technology... but we refuse to donate blood and are not encouraging individuals to pursue the education needed to create or improve bloodless medical technology.‘
If I was as self-centered and oblivious as this sounds when I was in, that would explain why I felt so ashamed of my old pretensions once I left...