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Now that's a business model screaming for disruption.


When people talk about "disruption of education", they usually mean either online courses or boot camps. I think that's unfortunate. There are huge benefits to learning stuff the traditional way, by taking a class in person, on a schedule, with a curriculum and a teacher and an exam at the end. There are also huge benefits to hanging out with working scientists and picking up their enthusiasm. These are the important things about attending a university, and they aren't even that difficult or expensive to set up! Can we get that kind of "disruption", please?


The only benefit I see is the piece of paper I'm going to get from the university at the end of my wild ride.


Ironically, adjuncts are a disruption of a previous business model.





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