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> predicts hundreds, if not thousands, of brick-and-mortar universities will go out of business That’s only possible in places where universities are businesse
by tasogare 6y ago
> predicts hundreds, if not thousands, of brick-and-mortar universities will go out of business
That’s only possible in places where universities are businesses. Elsewhere (most of Europe for instance), it would be super easy to counter this trend: don’t give the new comers the national habilitations that make the awarded degrees recognized and thus worth something.
- the-dude 6y agoUniversities in NL have been in the proces of becoming businesses over the last 20 years, as they have been made partially responsible for their own budget. And it shows.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoSimilar in the UK. It really came home to me when I was visiting universities with one of my children. We happened to walk past a marketing department during one of our tours. I was surprised by the number of people working in that office.