The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: June 24, 2006

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odograph on June 24, 2006 - 10:11am

Shock or adjustment? Adjustment or evolution?

I read recently that Bill Gates has declared high schools obsolete. Are universities obsolete as well? Do we put people in rooms (rather than have them learn on-line) because we need to, or because we can charge more for physical presence?

I would think that a university could be run with about 1/4 the physical presence that was required in my day (1980) with no loss in quality (and that's thinking of Chem, a lab degree).

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DIYer on June 24, 2006 - 1:47pm

Meh... I always dry-labbed it a lot anyway (in the 70s). So yeah, you're right about that.

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