Universities are backing themselves into a dangerous corner by becoming more expensive at the same time they're becoming less necessary.
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Replying to @paulg
Should we focus on the cost of what they provide or on the price they charge for it? Cost of providing an MIT undergraduate education is around $90k/year, average price they charge is around $20k/year.
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Replying to @David_desJ
I believe universities' costs have grown significantly faster than inflation, so that's one source of trouble. Another is that a lot of the courses are a waste of time. (And by that I mean intellectually, not just in the narrow sense of teaching marketable skills.)
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Replying to @paulg
The most prominent proponent of, "School is a waste of time, and look, I have these cool black turtlenecks," is going off to jail soon. I'm not going to say college is essential for everyone, but every Thiel Fellow I've met would get more out of college than what they are doing.
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I agree with you about Thiel Fellows.
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