Peter Norvig interview about online education

When I was first out of school, my first interview wanted to see my transcript, so I gave them an unofficial copy. The hiring manager in charge mentioned that they were not really even looking at the grades, just the classes completed. This was not in the valley; rather, a defense contractor in the US southwest.

One thing I wonder about, though, is the student gets a free ride scenario. That sounds like it would be the worse case for many other universities. If everyone who was qualified to get into Stanford can now go there, why go anywhere else? Will local universities used as local co-working and lab spaces? Will some of them just go away entirely or become hybrid campuses where lab work qualifies for credit at both Stanford and the host campus?

The co-working part is OK with me. I often had conversations like, "Hey, that socket stuff is hard, I keep getting problem XYZ." "It is rough. I got around it with fix ABC." Building stuff together was more valuable than listening to the same lecture together.