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Higher ed needs competition. In the interest of human progress, justice, and fairness, top-tier education needs to become open-access and in the form of compet
by mowenz 9y ago
Higher ed needs competition.
In the interest of human progress, justice, and fairness, top-tier education needs to become open-access and in the form of competitive study.
Instead of the greatest academic achievement having anything to do with money, connections or committees, make degrees open access: anyone can study for them and test for them.
If any person, no matter how disadvantaged, or from what community they come from, wants to study pre-med, then they should be able to self study and test for a bio, chem or other pre-med degree.
There's no technological or economic reason this can't happen.
- chii 9y agoI dunno if i can trust a doctor who hasnt been through a rigorous course of several years, but self studied to pass the certification. May be if the certification process is very stringent, and take into account many practical skills, and the evaluation and have little false positives...
- mowenz 9y agoI was actually talking about a pre-med degree to apply to med school. I also would prefer a doctor who has been through med school and residency.
- greglindahl 9y agoEven pre-med has a lot of lab courses, which are a bit more difficult to do with self-study than straight textbook-based instruction.
- mowenz 9y agoEvery approach has pros and cons. And wouldn't "straight textbook-based instruction also omit lab work?" I'm a little bit confused by this language. Anyways it doesn't seem like an insurmountable obstacle: If it's deemed necessary one physically demonstrate certain skills before med school admittance then perhaps admissions could be contingent on passing a summer course in lab skills could be
- Bakary 9y agoOne aspect of MOOCs is that the completion rate is fairly low. This can be helped by increasing the value of the offered accreditation, but even then the main hurdle is that the environment of college is more conducive to long term discipline than the internet.