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From WSJopinion: Tuition could be on the way out. Higher ed is now where the brokerage industry was in the late ’90s: ripe for technological disruption, writes danielpianko.

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Jason Riley, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe Covid-19 pandemic forced colleges to shift to online learning, often with disastrous results. Students are no fools and many of them are suing for a discount. They have realized what higher education is loath to admit: Instruction is not what they, their parents and the American taxpayer are paying full price for.

The most common discount on offer appears to be a 10% tuition reduction, but some students are pushing for far more. They claim that nonacademic activities, from school plays and concerts to networking and parties,...

 

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opinion danielpianko All the people who already paid high tuition are going to love hearing that.

opinion How many hours of instruction & practice are necessary to be proficient & what will employers accept? Will anything devised by an Ivy League be accepted? Will the same be true of a lower tiered school? Will most employers still want a standard college degree as a weeding method?

opinion danielpianko Let's hope so!

opinion danielpianko Cost of higher ed outpaced all other indices in last 10’years

opinion danielpianko Couldn’t happen to a system that really needs an overhaul! Professors that sit on their asses, with half an hour office hours, and can’t be fired? Really? States really need to trim down, and no more students from China, until all Americans are admitted first!

opinion danielpianko This has been overdue for some time. All that is required is (one) Ivy league / name brand school to break rank and offer a inexpensive path to credential based on online learning and proctored exams. That scales.

opinion danielpianko College is a shitty deal, frankly.. especially in a world where anyone with the motivation and aptitude can just self-educate their way into a six figure salary and no debt. Bless the internet.

opinion danielpianko Online programs can deliver it

opinion danielpianko Moscow Mitch lying his ass off on senate floor again. All dirty shit GOPs are truly doing to American people look at their actions, words, deeds& blaming Democrats for that which they are doing. They count on Rubes only listening to Foxnews & limbaugh & no other media

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