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Higher ed should see the most impressive shift of all in the next 10 years. Right now, it seems like everyone realizes there is a problem, but nobody can see t
by wtvanhest 9y ago
Higher ed should see the most impressive shift of all in the next 10 years. Right now, it seems like everyone realizes there is a problem, but nobody can see the future.
Student loans are driven by massive inefficiencies that various companies will exploit. The end will be apparent in 10 years.
- austenallred 9y agoI'm sure there's a YC company working on that right now
- wtvanhest 9y agoYeap, and coursera etc. The 'disruption' will come from every angle.
- kayoone 9y agoFor the US thats true, as a german who can basically study for free at any of the "elite" Universities in the country (same for scandinavia, netherlands etc) the whole higher ed concept in the US seems borderline scam to me anyway.
- fwn 9y ago...not implying that you meant otherwise, but: The German "elite" label does not mean anything at all. It's basically a government program to allocate (a small amount of) additional funds decorated with a fancy term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence...
- kayoone 9y agoWell yes, but all of them are among the most highly regarded Universities in the country, while there are others without the label that are equally good. I just wanted to emphasise that the quality you can get for "free" is really good.