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Harvard Business School professor: Half of American colleges will be bankrupt in 10 to 15 years
CNBC ^ | 11/15/2017 | Abigail Hess

Posted on 11/16/2017 4:08:23 AM PST by x1stcav

In his recent book, "The Innovative University," Christensen and co-author Henry Eyring analyze the future of traditional universities, and conclude that online education will become a more cost-effective way for students to receive an education, effectively undermining the business models of traditional institutions and running them out of business.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: education; online; university
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To: Alberta's Child

As long as mom and dad pick up the check.


61 posted on 11/16/2017 7:35:46 AM PST by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’m leaning toward the Pol Pot program of sending them to the fields and forests to experience the benefits and soul-cleansing of manual labor. Kinda help them get their heads straight.


62 posted on 11/16/2017 7:44:30 AM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: x1stcav

Harvard Business School professor: Half of American colleges will be bankrupt in 10 to 15 years

CNBC ^ | 11/15/2017 | Abigail Hess
Posted on 11/16/2017, 4:08:23 AM by x1stcav

In his recent book, “The Innovative University,” Christensen and co-author Henry Eyring analyze the future of traditional universities, and conclude that online education will become a more cost-effective way for students to receive an education, effectively undermining the business models of traditional institutions and running them out of business.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
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The other 50% will just close their doors and become homeless encampments for their homeless intellectual yet idiots grads with worthless degrees from them and faux professors!

Good professors are now doing what Amazon did to the malls with online education and degrees.


63 posted on 11/16/2017 8:33:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave (It's over for the NFL. They have stage 5 Colin brain cngancer, and it's terminal.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Are there enough Taco Bells and Burger Kings to employ all of the faculty that will be displaced?

Not with the kiosks that are coming. Most will have to move into mom's basement and blog for a living.

64 posted on 11/16/2017 8:51:25 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: x1stcav

BOL! About two years ago, sinecure, thanks to Free Republic became a favorite new word for two of my adult sons and me.

si·ne·cure noun: sinecure; plural noun: sinecures a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit. synonyms: easy job, cushy job, soft option;


65 posted on 11/16/2017 9:02:38 AM PST by Grampa Dave (It's over for the NFL. They have stage 5 Colin brain cngancer, and it's terminal.)
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To: x1stcav

Not gonna happen. Students will always want to gather, relate directly with peers and instructors, and have quiet places reserved for studying. That’s why after 30 years, on-line courses are still mostly for working adults.

The ideal college size will always be one which can efficiently use essential resources. On-line courses mean that small colleges can offer more electives. Other essential resources used to be giant libraries and research facilities, which in turn attract top-level researchers. Today, they are becoming more mundane, such as cafeterias. Some students may even prefer a 3,000-person university over a 1,000-person college because that university has a swimming pool. And some idiots will pay $10,000 a year extra to see live sporting events.

But this doesn’t mean that the big universities will be endangered: they’ll simply make sure they continue to move into the smaller-college market by offering satellite campuses, so that you can live close to home, but still have a degree from a “name-brand” university.


66 posted on 11/16/2017 9:34:50 AM PST by dangus
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Never gonna happen, the REPBUBLICATS will insure that all the colleges and Universities will continue to receive massive subsidies funded by the American Taxpayer so that they can continue programming our children to be good little Atheistic Socialism Supporters or ASS's

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in the continued assault on our Republic.

67 posted on 11/16/2017 10:00:32 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: twoputt

State schools will probably lead the way as legislatures recognize the potential for big savings.


68 posted on 11/16/2017 10:21:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: x1stcav

Just now figuring this out ? Progressives have no future.


69 posted on 11/16/2017 11:10:16 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: x1stcav

And this result is nothing but a positive outcome.

JoMa


70 posted on 11/16/2017 11:19:59 AM PST by joma89
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at present online degrees are a joke as a replacement for a traditional degree.

Online universities are just a student loan sucker grab.


71 posted on 11/16/2017 11:24:46 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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