Lots of tech people talk about disrupting college and replacing it with online education. But so far they only seem to think of college in terms of education. It's also: * long-term networking * group socialization and personal growth * fun, partying, and sex * independent living
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Most of the US colleges don't do world class research though.
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And the opportunity to be involved in that research that pure-play online models (or skills-based programs oriented simply towards placing candidates with a job) often lack.
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Does it though? My understanding was that most PIs had to bring their own funding and pay the university for facilities.
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I thought universities mostly lost money on teaching?
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Honestly top 20 universities work pretty well as a progressive tax. Parents of wealthy kids subsidize upward mobility for other classes (need-based aid) and broader societal benefit projects that would struggle in market (research). But REALLY falls apart outside elite schools.
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Extremely inefficiently
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UC Berkeley/Davis/etc earn their cash for research through intellectual property rights. Tuition is small potatoes. See MIT vs CAL and Jennifer Doudna's CRISPR. Also, we have the US National Labs model.
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Sure, the AAU and Research I schools, but do the random directional schools or destination schools outside of metro areas need to exist?
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What's a "directional school"
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