Intriguing! I wonder how a student from Gates U. would be accepted in the job market? Would there be a bias like there is today towards technical schools like ITT Tech and others? Or would the clout of Gates be enough to overcome that? I think it would be a great way to preserve the Bill Gates legacy though which might appeal him.
Now that you mention it, it does sound like an glorified trade (tech) school. I think the idea of having people with phd's teach at university is more for the critical thinking one gets out of class and not so much for their knowledge. When you get to the phd level, you are very specialized anyways and probably forgot most of intro to circuits (though you have to teach it anyways). University gives students the knowledge to think on their own, not sure you'd get that from Gates U.
