Youtube can teach most people : )
The issue is labs.
How do you do science labs on-line?
It’s a hands on element of education you can only learn by doing. Of the STEM curriculum Math & CS are about the only BS programs where this could work.
People’s anger is actually focused on the wrong things, it’s the gender/ethnic studies and the other pseudo- disciplines that pollute modem academia where the ire should be aimed. These things were created to quickly boost up the numbers of women & minorities in the faculty lounges and on campus. Letting them increase through the normal order of things wasn’t quick enough for politicians. Eager to exploit the non-problem for personal benefit. Who everyone should be angry at (other then themselves for tolerating this growth!) are the cowardly state legislators for funding it, the college governing boards for allowing it, again themselves for allowing their kids to major in nonsense just so it can be said that Johnny/Jilly are in college.
I put up with years of being the “bad guy” for saying I will not pay for “hobby” majors. If you do a hobby major you must do dual major with a degree where there’s return on investment (job!). Also (at least the undergraduate) school they went allowed me to see their grades if given permission. Again something I required!
Huge economic impact in killing public schools, though. Maybe turn all public schools teachers into test monitors for on-line education. Parents choose what online curriculum their kids get, teachers just keep kids on task.
However, I don't trust current educators to not try to skew things. It's been in their training and blood since John Dewey.
Time to reset taxes and incentives to bring back church and other private schools.