The War on Normal People: on Education

Reimagine college in the age of automation

Reimagining college in the age of automation begs the fundamental question--what are people sent to college to learn? Originally the idea of an education was to develop a sense of morality. For many decades now, the point of college has been to set people up for jobs. But what happens when the jobs disappear? The automation wave should lead us to invest more in human capital development. It should also drive us to dramatically increase our emphasis on technical and vocational training and apprenticeships at the high school level to take advantage of the jobs that will continue to exist.

In 2011, everyone began talking about massive open online courses (MOOCs), and many believed they were going to revolutionize education. Instead these MOOCs kind of flopped. Only about 4 percent of students completed the average course. In one case, an online math course was found to be less effective than a remedial college class in person and scaled back. People (still) learn from other people.

Source: The War on Normal People, by Andrew Yang, p.225-8 Apr 2, 2019

The above quotations are from The War on Normal People The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang. Click here for definitions & background information on Education. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Andrew Yang on Education.
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