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by aaco
5813 days ago
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"If every college let everyone in, it would be worthless." I think that HN, while not a college, might be a counterexample for this idea. Here everyone can join and communicate, and yet we can maintain a high level of communication. The ones who don't fit are quickly flagged or simply won't come back again. I think selectivity is good, however it doesn't need to be enforced in the admission step, it will happen in the middle of the process. People who would not be able to follow the course requirements would quickly drop out. I'm not arguing that this idea would work (I don't really know), but based on the HN experience I think it should be considered. |
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Universities aren't run by the students. There is only so much space in a university.
I think selectivity is good, however it doesn't need to be enforced in the admission step, it will happen in the middle of the process. People who would not be able to follow the course requirements would quickly drop out.
"I'm not arguing that this idea would work (I don't really know), but based on the HN experience I think it should be considered."
A forum is easily moderated by the people that go there. The forum owner only has to pay for the bandwidth and make sure the system us running. This isn't the case for a university.
A university has a finite number of spaces. Even an online university needs to have people grading/teaching the class (and they only have so much time in the day).
They don't need to limit it. However, would you like to go to a university that is just a glorified forum that is taught by people that might no the subjects, but not necessarily a professor?