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Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than... by foolinaround on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:22PM (#30749353)
> If I want to learn about history, it would be good to have experts in history, books about history, other people studying history, etc.?

That would be true prior to the internet and/or digitalization of resources.

Today, a kid in the 3rd world country can access those very same resources. Whats left is the value of the credential - accepted in the marketplace.

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Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than... by wolverine876 on Monday March 21, 2022 @06:35PM (#30760637)
> Today, a kid in the 3rd world country can access those very same resources.

They cannot access the experts to mentor them and teach them, they can't access much of scholarly work, which is in expensive books and research papers.

I'm not a child and not in a 3rd world country; I've been through higher education, and seriously studying anything is inefficient and impossible - I simply can't catch up with the expertise of professors in selecting the media and understanding it.

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