1. What challenges are presented by online classes and degrees, and to what extent can these online courses be credited and offer degrees?
2. In your opinion is the role of higher education to prepare people for better jobs where they can earn more money, or is its role greater than that?
3. Is higher education for everyone? Can some people just not be fit or able to gain from the current set up of higher education?
4. Is it more important to attain a degree in college, or is the experience and connections gained in college more valuable?
5. What do you think about students who claim to “teach themselves”? Does this discredit the hard work of professors, or show the inherent problems of lecture style classes?
Economics Group Questions:
2. What are the largest expenses in running a college, besides professor salaries? If MOOCs and other online course systems gain proper accreditation, do they present a problem for brick and mortar schools by being able to out-compete them?
3. Where does most of the funding for your school come from, if you could break it down to approximate percentages?
4. Based on your experiences in Higher Education, what do you think the true cost of college is for students? Are some schools overcharging students?
5. Do you believe that Higher Education has become a bubble? Why or why not? What will happen if this bubble bursts?
