We could probably put 90% of the classes on line . Let the government have the best of the best design a site where people can take on line classes for a small fee.
Bricks and mortar are dead, why should college be any different just so we can pay ridiculous amounts to professors so they can remain in their delusion that they are Gods gift to humanity? Find the best, put it on line and lets stop the insanity. They've made many of these colleges little more than glorified country clubs putting more money into student centers and dorms rather than advanced labs and decent teachers with real world experience. The government shouldn't be giving them a blank check to further abuse the system. The fake pandemic was good for something, it proved motivated, self disciplined people can learn on line with few exceptions. We have to design a modern, efficient system. Imagine being able to take classes when you have the time, we could even have a two tiered system for an advanced and regular version of the same class.
Would this work for every course of study? No. But it sure would work for most at a tremendous savings. Only a dishonest or biased person believes paying 40k per year for someone to learn French history is a good investment. Adapt and innovatate, the old ways only benefit the Ivory Tower lackies
Very true. The lockdowns and shift to online classes have exposed how unnecessarry so many in person classes really were. Hoping it will be a big wake up call.
Me too. I missed the cut as the technology was not available when I was of age, but I know I would have thrived with on line classes. I went to one of those fancy liberal colleges in the Northeast. Sure beautiful campus and we sure had fun but the cost was simply not justified. I've learned so much with the technology available today watching on line documentaries, professional continuing education classes and instructional videos on things that simply peeked my interest that its hard for me to believe this isn't the way forward.
I feel we are just protecting an antiquated system out of tradition and to protect an elitist group of professional educators and their ever expanding pool of administrators. If the government starts underwriting this they will only milk it more. Harvard paid Elizabeth Warren several hundred thousand dollars to teach one class. No more!
We could probably put 90% of the classes on line . Let the government have the best of the best design a site where people can take on line classes for a small fee.
Bricks and mortar are dead, why should college be any different just so we can pay ridiculous amounts to professors so they can remain in their delusion that they are Gods gift to humanity? Find the best, put it on line and lets stop the insanity. They've made many of these colleges little more than glorified country clubs putting more money into student centers and dorms rather than advanced labs and decent teachers with real world experience. The government shouldn't be giving them a blank check to further abuse the system. The fake pandemic was good for something, it proved motivated, self disciplined people can learn on line with few exceptions. We have to design a modern, efficient system. Imagine being able to take classes when you have the time, we could even have a two tiered system for an advanced and regular version of the same class.
Would this work for every course of study? No. But it sure would work for most at a tremendous savings. Only a dishonest or biased person believes paying 40k per year for someone to learn French history is a good investment. Adapt and innovatate, the old ways only benefit the Ivory Tower lackies
Very true. The lockdowns and shift to online classes have exposed how unnecessarry so many in person classes really were. Hoping it will be a big wake up call.
Me too. I missed the cut as the technology was not available when I was of age, but I know I would have thrived with on line classes. I went to one of those fancy liberal colleges in the Northeast. Sure beautiful campus and we sure had fun but the cost was simply not justified. I've learned so much with the technology available today watching on line documentaries, professional continuing education classes and instructional videos on things that simply peeked my interest that its hard for me to believe this isn't the way forward.
I feel we are just protecting an antiquated system out of tradition and to protect an elitist group of professional educators and their ever expanding pool of administrators. If the government starts underwriting this they will only milk it more. Harvard paid Elizabeth Warren several hundred thousand dollars to teach one class. No more!