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

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581 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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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.
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1. asdff ◴[21 Nov 24 03:10 UTC] No.42200727[source]▶
Its not the lecture thats valuable. Its everything else. Particularly research opportunities. That’s how you get really solid in your domain. The difference between a student who only took class in the subject and a student who applied those concepts in a lab environment to make contributions is staggering. Its like the difference between someone who watched a video on engine maintenance and someone who has not only watched that but has been rebuilding engines themselves for 2-3 years.