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> He seems to have jumped into the "online resources will cause the traditional university to fail" bandwagon a bit late. This consulting firm advertisement is

> He seems to have jumped into the "online resources will cause the traditional university to fail" bandwagon a bit late. This consulting firm advertisement is a very useful mental model, and I think MOOCs are probably on their way up and out of the trough of disappointment into the plateau of productivity: https://blogs.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/files/2017/08/Emerging-Technology-Hype-Cycle-for-2017_Infographic_R6A-1024x866.jpg https://blogs.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/files/2017/08/E... > They won't be replaced by a disruptor, they will just no longer be able to crank out mediocre educational product to people who now realize that a Bachelor of Something Or Other from Podunk U isn't actually a ticket to the middle class. This seems likely. My model for predicting college bankruptcy has exactly one input, which is this dataset: https://ifap.ed.gov/DefaultManagement/DefaultManagement.html https://ifap.ed.gov/DefaultManagement/DefaultManagement.html

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> This seems likely. My model for predicting college bankruptcy has exactly one input, which is this dataset: https://ifap.ed.gov/DefaultManagement/DefaultManagement.html https://ifap.ed.gov/DefaultManagement/DefaultManagement.html This is a good dataset. It's important to remember that while the top 100 schools dominate the conversation around college, many many students go to smaller or non-selective schools that have a very different setup.