Actually the college I went to was not like that at all, it was very contemporary. We had awesome ensembles ( Fusion big band, Brecker Bros. ensemble, Steely Dan ensemble, Zappa,a multi-tude of different latin ensembles, plus your traditional be-bop and swing jazz ensembles), it was like fantasy land for musicians. The big problem was that while in college you got to play all this great, fantastic music, but once you graduated and entered the real world you find the average Joe has no interest in this music and you are forced to play cheesy -poop in order to make a buck. The solution, I believe is in music education, listening is a learned skill that has to be taught, and once learned your ear will desire to hear lush harmonies, exotic melodies, and complex rhythms. The mass publics embrace of Rap music and techno dance is a result of a failed educational system. Quite sad.