> create more extremely skilled teachers. I think this puts the cart before the horse, and presumes that you can find the right balance of teacher skills to s

> create more extremely skilled teachers. I think this puts the cart before the horse, and presumes that you can find the right balance of teacher skills to student requirements and that you can maintain that balance year after year. I honestly think you get more mileage thinking the opposite direction. If you want students with passion and a life long commitment to knowledge, then they're going to need to develop those skills first. At that point, in our modern world, a single oracle of generational knowledge isn't a particularly useful addition. What you want is generalists that know how to motivate students and to help them find and utilize the resources they need. You might only need a bunch of librarians and proctors and can skip the specialists of the "oral tradition" entirely.