Thanks for the link Cody.  That was a fine talk.  Dean Gerber
    On Friday, May 29, 2020, 12:44:05 PM MDT, cody dooderson 
<d00d3r...@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Here is a nice talk to the graduates of Harvard 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1001&v=jSn_QW9FFiI&feature=emb_logo.
 
Cody Smith

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> 
wrote:

I don't know if my attitudes have an objective basis, or if I am just envious 
of folks whose degrees are from Ivy League schools. My father had only a sixth 
grade education and my mother eighth grade, and Dad never earned over two 
dollars an hour, so an expensive University was out of the question. So I went 
to Kansas State University in the 1970s and early 1980s and got what I thought 
was an adequate education (BS in Biology and MS in Computer Science) spread out 
over nearly ten years. In-state tuition, no doubt subsidized by the State of 
Kansas, was between $500 and $1000 per semester. Working as a software 
engineer, my salary was always somewhere in the mid range, and I didn't mind. I 
think my career was more rewarding to me than if I had incurred huge debts at a 
more top-tier University in order to get higher paying jobs. I guess my point 
is that higher education could be a whole lot more affordable without throwing 
out the face-to-face model entirely.
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:08 AM Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

Scott Galloway (professor at  Stern School of business and supposed authority) 
on universities post COVID.

Fifty percent of the investment in prestige university education is for 
'certification' —  degree that signals your lifetime earnings. The Harvard 
brand is strong enough that students will accept an inferior educational 
experience. The fifty biggest university brands, Harvard, Stanford, etc, will 
partner with tech giants like Apple or Facebook to create a hybrid university, 
most others will hollow out and die like the large department store chains. 
Dorm life and in-person experience will be reserved for children of the 1%.

Pretty bleak and a commentary on previous FRIAM conversations about education 
and elite universities.

davew

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