http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/12/06/the-death-of-the-college-experience/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/12/06/the-death-of-the-college-experience/#comment-2052 alum Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:29:37 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=843#comment-2052 You clearly haven't read what OCW is. It is closer to Wikipedia for college students than an online university. You clearly haven’t read what OCW is. It is closer to Wikipedia for college students than an online university.

]]> http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/12/06/the-death-of-the-college-experience/#comment-1980 Mac Bubb Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:42:49 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=843#comment-1980 You are ignoring the credentialing aspect of college. A big purpose of education in our society is to officially recognize talent. MIT's opencourseware is awesome, but it doesn't give you any sort of diploma certifying your worth. It isn't an online degree, but it's great if you need to brush up on whatever to study for the GEDs. (I can also imagine it's being used by a ton of folks overseas without as much access to higher education.) Many people want to hire Ivy League graduates not because of what they learned. They see the top schools as a clearing house for talented and productive people. You are ignoring the credentialing aspect of college. A big purpose of education in our society is to officially recognize talent. MIT’s opencourseware is awesome, but it doesn’t give you any sort of diploma certifying your worth. It isn’t an online degree, but it’s great if you need to brush up on whatever to study for the GEDs. (I can also imagine it’s being used by a ton of folks overseas without as much access to higher education.) Many people want to hire Ivy League graduates not because of what they learned. They see the top schools as a clearing house for talented and productive people.

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