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"Some individuals believe that the primary goal of universities should be to provide information and skills needed for future work.Others however feel that the main objective of universities is to give students access to knowledge for its own values regardless if the information is useful for a job or not."
So how should I read the expression in bold regarding this context? Could you please rephrase the last sentence?
This is not a particularly well written piece of text. It contains at least two errors: values should be singular, otherwise it means this: and regardless if should be regardless of whether.
for its own value is probably intended as a reference to, or is a misquote of, the more idiomatic expression for its own sake.
If you do something for its own sake, you do it because it is interesting and enjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it:
I believe in education for its own sake, not just to get a good job.
If you believe in education for its own value, you believe that knowledge is valuable even if it is not directly applicable to a particular job.
