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>“Traditional universities proudly list the Nobel laureates they have on campus (most of whom have little to no interaction with students),” he writes. “Our uni
by vph 14y ago
>“Traditional universities proudly list the Nobel laureates they have on campus (most of whom have little to no interaction with students),” he writes. “Our university would list the great entrepreneurs, inventors, and executives serving as student advisers and mentors.”
Why would "great" entrepreneurs, inventors and executives have more time than Nobel laureates would to spend mentoring students?
Mr. Khan's model can work as one-of-a-kind college, but to scale it up to the mass, it will probably fail miserably.
The best model for future higher education is probably being done at MIT and Harvard through their joined venture EdX, where students are being educated and trained on and off line. In other words, these finest educators are taking advantage of both latest technologies and traditional methods to educate their students. Hopefully, in a few years, lessons will be learned and we can all benefit.