Maybe. Pre-recorded lectures only get you so far. There's an essential element to education that only comes with interpersonal engagement.
Not that universities are doing that well, but a glorified YouTube is not a good replacement.
At the more serious universities, the biggest benefit for the students is each other. Four years spent in study groups with other curious minds gives you as much as the lectures do.
Yes, I'm inclined to agree.
Though I'm not sure this is the case on contemporary university campuses, given the low quality of the students admittedтАж.
There are lots of party schools and unselective schools where it is definitely not true.
Hence my qualifier about "serious universities". It's true at some elite STEM schools. (I don't actually know if it's true at any humanities schools.)
Maybe. Pre-recorded lectures only get you so far. There's an essential element to education that only comes with interpersonal engagement.
Not that universities are doing that well, but a glorified YouTube is not a good replacement.
At the more serious universities, the biggest benefit for the students is each other. Four years spent in study groups with other curious minds gives you as much as the lectures do.
Yes, I'm inclined to agree.
Though I'm not sure this is the case on contemporary university campuses, given the low quality of the students admittedтАж.
There are lots of party schools and unselective schools where it is definitely not true.
Hence my qualifier about "serious universities". It's true at some elite STEM schools. (I don't actually know if it's true at any humanities schools.)