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This comment is not meant to defend this sort of blackmail, rather a tangential thought that struck me. Most successful franchises try to expand abroad. Why no
by inglor_cz 2y ago
This comment is not meant to defend this sort of blackmail, rather a tangential thought that struck me.
Most successful franchises try to expand abroad. Why not build a Harvard branch in London, Dubai, Sydney, Mumbai or Tokio?
Each of those would likely be subject to some pressures over time, but those times and pressures would vary.
Nowadays it is a "all eggs in one basket" situation.
- oefrha 2y agoUniversities are not fast food restaurants, the reputation resides in the faculty, and they’re not replicable like fast food recipes or supply chains. “Harvard London” will be a completely different school with its own reputation (with a little bit of halo effect from the brand of course), just like no one mistakes UC Riverside for Berkeley. Unless you’re advocating for some remote teaching sort of deal. Edit: In addition, some people only attend Harvard and co. for the networking opportunities.
- inglor_cz 2y ago"Unless you’re advocating for some remote teaching sort of deal." I naturally expected that this would be the case. At the very least, record the lectures in 8K and stream them to other campuses (there would be major timezone differences).
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoIsn't there already plenty of that out there? If all you want is recorded lectures, you can have that today.
- morkalork 2y agoI can think of one university that went the fast-food style franchise route: DeVry
- beardyw 2y agoIt's fairly common for UK universities to have overseas campuses.
- ta1243 2y agoNot the internationally known ones