[Erik Latranyi]

Online studies would reduce the “propaganda” portion of education.

Eliminating buildings, stadiums and multiple professors in the same field will save billions.

One professor teaches about 50 students. An online professor can teach 50,000 or more with no building, no heat, no infrastructure, etc.

To hell with the social life, fraternities and other non-education portions of a degree.

Pay for only the degree....$1000 for a degree is easily possible.

[GingisK]

Online studies would reduce the “propaganda” portion of education.

How so? The same people would write the material.

People with your opinion obviously majored in subjects that did not require laboratory facilities. Also, universities are more than a trade school. They address the "whole man".

[JoeFromSidney]

An on-line professor can teach 50,000 students? Nonsense. I've taught college classes both in a classroom and on line. There's a lot more to teaching than just lecturing. Even on line, the instructor has to deal with questions from students, as evaluate what questions a particular student missed on an exam and provide remedial feedback. In a classroom, the instructor must gauge how much of a lecture is simply going over the heads of most of the students and alter it as needed. That can't be done on line. There is a reason students attend class rather than just reading a textbook. Reading either a physical textbox or words on a screen is no substitute for an actual class.

[JoeFromSidney]

An on-line professor can teach 50,000 students? Nonsense. I've taught college classes both in a classroom and on line. There's a lot more to teaching than just lecturing. Even on line, the instructor has to deal with questions from students, as evaluate what questions a particular student missed on an exam and provide remedial feedback. In a classroom, the instructor must gauge how much of a lecture is simply going over the heads of most of the students and alter it as needed. That can't be done on line. There is a reason students attend class rather than just reading a textbook. Reading either a physical textbox or words on a screen is no substitute for an actual class.