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What exactly are universities selling in that case? From an individual standpoint, sure, a student is always well-advised to take charge of their own learning
by invalidOrTaken 8y ago
What exactly are universities selling in that case?
From an individual standpoint, sure, a student is always well-advised to take charge of their own learning process. But if you can do that, what do you need a university for?
At this point I'm pretty sure the answer boils down to "a piece of paper and a dating pool."
- thrower123 8y agoPieces of paper that open the gateways to a comfortable white-collar middle class life. At least putatively. The more expensive ones sell connections that can open the doors to wealth and power.
- novia 8y agoBaaS (Boss as a Service)
- baroffoos 8y agoHonestly I wouldn't be surprised if uni for tech becomes a thing of the past. Uni didn't teach me anything I didn't already know from working on personal projects and im fairly sure my public git repos had far more effect in job interviews than uni did. I have talked to others who have finished and they hardly know anything compared to those I know who are self taught.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoNo, because there's far more to a good learning environment than having good teachers. I could pretend that I could've learnt the same amount by sitting at home with a reading-list for four years, but there's no way I would have. I commented on this recently in the context of MOOCs -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511176