My brother sort of did with my nephew. My nephew said he wanted to be an NHL referee. My brother said he would only pay tuition of something that led to a job.
He became a mechanical engineer, has a good career, married has child and bought a 4 bedroom house when he was 30.
Direction can be helpful. My brother didn't say become an engineer, just study something that has jobs at the end.
Now DH was told to become a doctor. His older brother was told to become a doctor. The middle one, went for law, they didn't think he could make it into medical school. Now, the middle one went to DC, did become a lawyer but worked for the Feds, has a very high position, will get an amazing defined benefit plan -- it is the Federal govt. Plus he worked as an aid to z governor for 8 years and gets that pension.
Who needs wealth with that?