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Here's a simple fix for free college: Online-only courses that everyone in the United States can get into regardless of ability (no admission department). Stan

Here's a simple fix for free college: Online-only courses that everyone in the United States can get into regardless of ability (no admission department). Standardized exams with rigid grading criteria (no need for TAs to grade). Lectures are recorded once, so it's only a one-time fee paid to a professor. No athletics department. No dorms. No campus. No clinic. There's your free college education. If you want your sports and luxury dorms and catered meals, then you gotta pay for it.

assblaster 8y ago
This can easily be provided by the federal government. The costs are miniscule. The best part: it's easy to recruit the best talent for providing the lectures because you'll be the face of a specific subject for many years, and being features as THE expert teacher, your side gigs get huge exposure: books, articles, commentary, etc. You can even get recurring income by addressing questions in follow up videos. It's like Khan academy but at the national level, and this time it's for keeps (aka it counts for education credits).
mcguire 8y ago
No interaction with your instructors. No questions answered, no updates. No essays, no writing requirement. In fact, no specialized grading is possible. There's only limited curricula that can be satisfied by multiple-choice grading. Presumably it would have the same work requirements as a traditional class: ~3 hours of lecture / week, ~15 weeks, plus an additional 3-6 (?) hours of reading and exercises per week = 90-150 hours of work. My degree required >= 120 credit hours, so overall that would be 3600-5400 hours of work. Going to do that in your spare time while you wait tables or clerk a convenience store?
- assblaster 8y ago
  Why does college education need such a rapid pace? With self learning, you would be able to view lectures on your own schedule. Why wait tables or clerk when you can live at home with your parent and spend your time doing class activities? The education is free, so what's the extra income needed for? You don't need essays to assess understanding of material. My education was evaluated with 99% standardized testing. You don't need interaction with professors if your questions were answered by a FAQ.

assblaster 8y ago

This can easily be provided by the federal government. The costs are miniscule. The best part: it's easy to recruit the best talent for providing the lectures because you'll be the face of a specific subject for many years, and being features as THE expert teacher, your side gigs get huge exposure: books, articles, commentary, etc. You can even get recurring income by addressing questions in follow up videos. It's like Khan academy but at the national level, and this time it's for keeps (aka it counts for education credits).

mcguire 8y ago

No interaction with your instructors. No questions answered, no updates. No essays, no writing requirement. In fact, no specialized grading is possible. There's only limited curricula that can be satisfied by multiple-choice grading. Presumably it would have the same work requirements as a traditional class: ~3 hours of lecture / week, ~15 weeks, plus an additional 3-6 (?) hours of reading and exercises per week = 90-150 hours of work. My degree required >= 120 credit hours, so overall that would be 3600-5400 hours of work. Going to do that in your spare time while you wait tables or clerk a convenience store?

assblaster 8y ago
Why does college education need such a rapid pace? With self learning, you would be able to view lectures on your own schedule. Why wait tables or clerk when you can live at home with your parent and spend your time doing class activities? The education is free, so what's the extra income needed for? You don't need essays to assess understanding of material. My education was evaluated with 99% standardized testing. You don't need interaction with professors if your questions were answered by a FAQ.