←back to thread

Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT

(news.mit.edu)
620 points gnabgib | 4 comments | 20 Nov 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.632s | source
Show context
knowitnone ◴[20 Nov 24 18:29 UTC] No.42196787[source]▶
Yeah, education should be free. Record all lectures and put them out there. Charge a small fee to view them if you must but lecturers repeating themselves is not my idea of a great use of their time. Yes, I know lots of lectures are already published.
replies(5): >>42196865 #>>42197186 #>>42200480 #>>42200727 #>>42200937 #
1. rahimnathwani ◴[20 Nov 24 18:40 UTC] No.42196865[source]▶
Watching non-interactive lectures is a small part of the overall experience. I'm not commenting on whether the experience is 'worth it', but assuming the only thing people get is the ability to watch lectures doesn't make the point.
replies(2): >>42196987 #>>42197043 #
2. jacobgkau ◴[20 Nov 24 18:52 UTC] No.42196987[source]▶
On the other hand, many people act like "talking to professors over beer" (or to your classmates, for that matter) is supposed to add "value" to the college experience, when it's perfectly possible to get at least a bachelor's and a master's without ever doing that (source: I did).
replies(1): >>42197075 #
3. mullingitover ◴[20 Nov 24 18:58 UTC] No.42197043[source]▶
A big part of it is having a long-term peer group of people who were disciplined and motivated enough to get into MIT and succeed there. Arguably true for any university. We're products of our environments, and if you surround yourselves with hardworking people it rubs off on you.
4. rahimnathwani ◴[20 Nov 24 19:04 UTC] No.42197075[source]▶
Two people with the same GPA and same piece of paper from the same college, may have gotten different amounts of lasting value from their college experience.