Independence
When pursuing higher education after high-school you now have the opportunity to decide where and what you want to do.
The code of conduct a knight was expected to follow was The Code of Chivalry. It was their highest moral system that wasn't just rules of combat, but introduced fine qualities such as bravery, courtesy, honor, gallantry, etc.
This is known as external validity.
External validity refers to the extent to which findings from a research study can be extrapolated or generalized to people who were not part of the study, or to the population in general. In quantitative research, generalizability or external validity of a study serves as a quality check when assessing the value of a study.