Why hasn’t technology disrupted higher education already?
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#2Hard to replace traditional education's role as a class differentiator.
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#3Credentials
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#4We've already gone through an entire cycle of technology-driven higher education disruption... ever heard of an online degree? Many such online schools have made billions and lost it again by now.
Separately, the accreditation scheme upholds a high barrier to entry for disruptors. Specifically, a school must be accredited (gatekept by the US Ed Dept) for matriculating students to be eligible for government financial aid.
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#5Because governments make the rules about education and the curriculum. Give is slow and typ not at the tip of development. At the same time they need to get the trust and support of parents who all think they know better.
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#6Perhaps it demonstrates that very few people can learn abstract topics such as math, physics, etc., without some degree of hand-holding?
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#7We haven't quite cracked the nuance of programming human biological systems. Anecdotally, the stay-at-home learning during the pandemic was proof we have a long ways to go.
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#8Hard to replace traditional education's role as a class differentiator.
That is exactly right. In terms of knowledge acquisition the disruption has occurred. Any motivated young person can get a world class education free of charge, without ever stepping into an ivy. But it turns out the main purpose of college is to sort people not educate them and we are only now realizing that.
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#9It has. Decades ago. But this is kind of like asking why people still ride horses when we have cars.
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#10Has any country found a better way?