> I'm still hoping for some sort of disruption that will change the game.

The chance of success is basically zero, but you could lobby for the overturn of the Griggs v. Duke Power Co. decision, the famous lawsuit which resulted in U.S. employers being officially prohibited from using IQ tests in hiring:

http://supreme.justia.com/us/401/424/case.html

This is what gave colleges their monopoly as gatekeepers of the intellectual labor market.