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What about the bright kids that can't afford to move away? What about the crumbling infrastructure in those rural areas which falls apart if you made any attem

What about the bright kids that can't afford to move away? What about the crumbling infrastructure in those rural areas which falls apart if you made any attempt to move people out there? Or what do you do about the poor rural folk you displace through what is essentially extremely sudden government gentrification? Honestly we have plenty of universities, many of which are not Harvard but still have incredible professors and bright students. Instead of building universities in the middle of nowhere, we should take that money to make higher education (whether it's trade or not) free and help fund people move to those universities. This is a far quicker solution than hoping to fix the problem 20-30 years from now when we need a solution today.

Hasz 7y ago
When I say middle of the desert, I literally mean it. If you're living on federal land in Nevada, you're doing something wrong. I'm also talking specifically about research universities. I think the debate about cost should be decoupled from this, but I agree -- higher ed should be something you pay for with a summer job, not a decade plus of what amounts to federally enforced indentured servitude.
- topkai22 7y ago
  A better plan would be to take over a decommishioning military base in the plains or midwest. As someone who lives in Nevada, the infrastructure issues are exterme.
autoexec 7y ago
> Instead of building universities in the middle of nowhere, we should take that money to make higher education (whether it's trade or not) free and help fund people move to those universities. Do we even need people to move to physical buildings? If we improve our internet infrastructure we can offer 24/7 education to everyone anywhere in the country. The idea of forcing students to move to a specific place and attend classes at a specific time every day seems somewhat dated.
- csa 7y ago
  > Do we even need people to move to physical buildings? If we improve our internet infrastructure we can offer 24/7 education to everyone anywhere in the country. The idea of forcing students to move to a specific place and attend classes at a specific time every day seems somewhat dated. Lambda School would like to say hello. (no affiliation... just a fan)
  - TheAdamAndChe 7y ago
    As would Western Governors University(alumnus here).

Hasz 7y ago

When I say middle of the desert, I literally mean it. If you're living on federal land in Nevada, you're doing something wrong. I'm also talking specifically about research universities. I think the debate about cost should be decoupled from this, but I agree -- higher ed should be something you pay for with a summer job, not a decade plus of what amounts to federally enforced indentured servitude.

topkai22 7y ago
A better plan would be to take over a decommishioning military base in the plains or midwest. As someone who lives in Nevada, the infrastructure issues are exterme.

autoexec 7y ago

> Instead of building universities in the middle of nowhere, we should take that money to make higher education (whether it's trade or not) free and help fund people move to those universities. Do we even need people to move to physical buildings? If we improve our internet infrastructure we can offer 24/7 education to everyone anywhere in the country. The idea of forcing students to move to a specific place and attend classes at a specific time every day seems somewhat dated.

csa 7y ago
> Do we even need people to move to physical buildings? If we improve our internet infrastructure we can offer 24/7 education to everyone anywhere in the country. The idea of forcing students to move to a specific place and attend classes at a specific time every day seems somewhat dated. Lambda School would like to say hello. (no affiliation... just a fan)
- TheAdamAndChe 7y ago
  As would Western Governors University(alumnus here).