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by phantomb 4485 days ago
Education is a business and college administrators want to spend as little as possible. Radically changing things and incorporating new technologies costs money.

There are plenty of students willing to fork over cash for the product as it is now, and there is no competition to drive innovation. Prestige requirements, accreditation requirements, etc. lock small schools and newcomers out of the education market. It's also pretty obvious that the top universities and their administrators are connected to each other and act together to hold a monopoly on the business.

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Colleges aren't the only ones at fault. They are part of the equation.

I'm also saying that the tools available to the student are weak or outdated.