Re:Is MIT Obsolete?
by dasil003 on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @10:38PM
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Yeah the title is total linkbait.
I didn't go to MIT, but I studied Computer Science at the University of Minnesota which (at the time anyway) used an MIT-based curriculum (eg. first class is Scheme). When I hear people complaining about their 4-year colleges teaching Java instead of computer science, I can't help but think of how important MIT is to me even though I've never even been to Boston.
OpenCourseWare and their embrace of the Fab lab network just serve to confirm that MIT is embracing change aggressively. It's the polar opposite approach to what (for example) the music industry has done. There is a need for these kind of intellectual hubs more so now than ever.
I didn't go to MIT, but I studied Computer Science at the University of Minnesota which (at the time anyway) used an MIT-based curriculum (eg. first class is Scheme). When I hear people complaining about their 4-year colleges teaching Java instead of computer science, I can't help but think of how important MIT is to me even though I've never even been to Boston.
OpenCourseWare and their embrace of the Fab lab network just serve to confirm that MIT is embracing change aggressively. It's the polar opposite approach to what (for example) the music industry has done. There is a need for these kind of intellectual hubs more so now than ever.