[jmathai]

I think the biggest difference is that the knowledge gained in the context of a university is open and easily built upon by anyone else.

The saddest part of corporations replacing academia won't be realized for decades but it's that the death of knowledge is tied too closely with profitability.

The decision of what to do with one's life rests entirely in him or her. But we should ask as a society, what are we striving for? The same goes to how our society (I can only speak of the US) looks at teaching as a profession.

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