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So the universities have decided to monetise their own great reputations by simply selling it to a bidder?
by codeisawesome 5y ago
So the universities have decided to monetise their own great reputations by simply selling it to a bidder?
- JadeNB 5y ago> So the universities have decided to monetise their own great reputations by simply selling it to a bidder? I think that this is a terrible decision and regret it, but there's not much surprise: this monetisation of their reputation is kind of the business of modern universities.
- doggodaddo78 5y agoWell, patents and degrees work that way too. Universities are businesses first... extracting value from students and faculty. It's uncool when it becomes the primary focus. It's not like Harvard and MIT don't have enough money already, so it's curious why they need obscenely more.
- whimsicalism 5y agoThis happened a long time ago with Harvard Extension School.
- codeisawesome 5y agoHmm.. continuing education that’s more accessible seems to be the gist of it; I wouldn’t quite put that in the same bucket as this post’s headline…