Sen. Ron Johnson has an idea for making colleges cheaper — ditch the instructors and start playing online videos for students. The Republican senator from Wisconsin floated the idea during a question-and-answer session Thursday in Milwaukee. He called higher education a “cartel” and suggested colleges could cut the number of instructors and increase the use of online videos like Ken Burns’ 11 ½-hour documentary on the Civil War. You get one solid lecturer and put it up online,” Johnson said. Or would you be better off popping in 14 hours of Ken Burns’ Civil War tape and having those teachers proctor based on that excellent video production already done?

Source: thestar August 23, 2016 13:49 UTC