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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It’s curious that our institutions of higher learning are among the most hidebound and anachronistic in our society. If we invented higher education from scratch today, with the technology and expectations of 2021, would it look anything remotely like the system we have?
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It would be very different. Lots of digital lessons combined with hands on applied learning and earlier availability to specialize for kids that show early signs of strong interest/aptitude.
I’d like to see a stronger emphasis on learning languages in this country. We don’t think French is useful but 1/3 of the world speaks French. Our population is quickly becoming incredibly heterogenous learning the languages of the larger groups (mandarin, Punjabi, Farsi, etc..) I think we are dumb not to embrace these things.