Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ about education

Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by kenjackson on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:46PM (#23033697)

But the salary of the faculty is more expensive, at least on a per instructor basis. Although maybe you need fewer instructors. And facilities will cost more. You're not likely to have a nano-technology lab at your K-12 school.

I think university could be cheaper than it is today, but probably not much cheaper than K-12.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by intended on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:46PM (#23038596)

Frankly education is too cheap, which is why people are getting crappy outcomes and then debating on it.

The idealized form of studying is education with mentoring, see Blooms 2 sigma results.

But that is too expensive, who wants to have that number of teachers ! It would cost a fortune!

So instead people try to cut costs, and or keep making it a discussion on price, since this is America, instead of just making colleges public and free.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by Glyptodon on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:22AM (#23039806)

Of course actual faculty wages are balanced against boatloads of adjuncts and grad students working for a pittance.

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