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I think other institutions will arise to fill those gaps. They will be pure teaching institutions rather than universisites.

• dhimes 18y ago
  It could even happen at the universities, if people start attending for classes and programs but not degrees. Some college departments serve multiple masters: a national accreditation organization, which gives the college as a whole accreditation, and some field-specific professional associations which bless the behavior of departments. The professors care primarily about their field-specific status, while the deans worry about the overall stuff. That's part of the reason why you occasionally see a headline that such-and-such univerisity failed to retain accreditation. Often, you can't find a professor willing to take time away from students and research in order to write a report. After all, they think, if I satisfy the peers in my field, why do I care if I have an acceptable org chart? I could easily see an employer caring more about getting through a program blessed by a professional organization than about getting an accredited "degree." I actually think this would be a "purification" process for universities.