“Kevin Carey's Case for Why the Traditional University Won't Survive the Internet”
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Title: The End of College
Author: Kevin Carey
Category: Public Speaking & Communication
Is the four-year degree actually doomed, or is the internet quietly dismantling it from the inside? Sam and Sophie open the episode with that question and don't let it go.
They walk through Kevin Carey's central idea that the university is a bundle — instruction, mentorship, community, and credentialing welded into one giant tuition price you can't buy separately. Carey's stat that instruction's share of the budget keeps shrinking while administration, amenities, and brand prestige balloon gets a full airing, along with his three props holding the system up: accreditation as a competitor lockout, federal student loans as a blank check, and rankings as a scoreboard rewarding all the wrong things. The MOOC boom, Georgia Tech's under-$7,000 online master's, and Carey's "university of one" all get their turn.
If you've ever wondered why tuition only goes up, or whether the credential on your wall actually matches what you know, this one names the machinery. The takeaway: the end of college isn't the end of learning — it's the end of the middle.
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00:00Is The Four-Year Degree Doomed00:37The Bundle And The Prestige Stamp02:00Three Props Holding Tuition Up03:16Unbundling And The MOOC Failure04:31Georgia Tech And The University Of One05:49The End Of The Middle
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