Speaking at the 2010 Techonomy conference, Bill Gates let the crowd in on his vision of the future of higher education: The need for self-motivated young adults to attend a traditional university will gradually diminish. He believes students will be able to get all the knowledge they need from the 'Net. And he's not talking about the University of Phoenix. "Five years from now on the web for free you'll be able to find the best lectures in the world," he said. "It will be better than any single university." Sallie Mae must be shaking in her boots.[Tech Crunch]
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Sanjj August 9th, 2010 at 02:44 PM
lol Bill Gates is a fool, kids don't goto college for an education they go for the experiences and the parties... that's something you will never be able to get on the internet of course someone like him will never be able to understand that
Graham August 12th, 2010 at 07:01 PM
Sanjj, way to take things out of context. Was he talking about experiences? no, he was talking on the sole premise of eduction, and nothing else. Dont be a fool to confuse the two.
mawuli August 14th, 2010 at 12:19 PM
I am in full support of Bill Gates vision and i share his projections into the future.I my self believe that education is all about self discovery and subsequent aquisition of skills to that effect.
Samuel August 24th, 2010 at 05:57 AM
So I guess old Bill has never heard of signaling theory.
Michael October 20th, 2010 at 02:24 PM
Ive got some great party ideas from this. Halloween is gonna be a great one! Thank you