Comments on: The Minerva Project http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/the-minerva-project/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Ajay http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/the-minerva-project/#comment-54614 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:34:11 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=998#comment-54614 I’m torn. The idea of shifting students all over the world between local dorms is actually something I’ve talked about for years, an opportunity opened up by primarily learning online. I hate the shitty lecture model that dominates universities today, so it’s great that they share my disdain. :) And the notion of doing everything through software online is fantastic. But all this stuff about being “high touch,” hiring professors and academics to teach, aiming to be a “tier-one research university” when that will hurt instruction far more than it will help, and finally simply awarding the standard degree credential, all this is just so backwards that I have to shake my head. Of course, no tenure, merit pay, and eschewing govt financial aid are great positives.

It’s a mixed bag, putting them exactly where you called it, “in a sort of no-man’s land, in between the backward model of existing universities and some more radical model of self-directed education that will emerge over the next decade.”

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