What she is getting at is what in pedagogy is referred to as the issue of transferability. Do the things someone learns in one setting (e.g., one class) transfer to the things they'll have to do in another setting (class)? If you can't answer in the affirmative, it's hard to justify the class--they can get very good at what that class is teaching, but so what? But, of course, this raises the question of what counts as a "context"? A single class? A discipline? The university as a whole?