What is your reaction: Universities become centres for taking exams instead of learning centres.

So i have a hypothetical question. Say instead of going to university to learn a subject, all you do is watch youtube lecture videos on whatever you're learning (eg. Professor Leonard's calculus playlist if you are a math major) and the only thing you do is take a test in the university to prove that you mastered the subject. Of course this would only work if lecture videos of any subject is available on youtube. But assuming if that were the case, would you like this thought? So essentially, you are only paying to take the exams so that people dont feel like higher education is a scam.

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Also, for assignments and lab practicals, i think they would still have to be conducted in classes. This question is mostly referring to subjects that are mostly theory based.

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Sorry if the flair i used on this post is inappropriate.

Submitted May 29, 2020 at 02:29AM by SeveralScratch https://ift.tt/36HELen