Idea Bank: A New Financial Model

4/25/13
Starting MIT sooner
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Average: 2.3 (3 votes)

For many MIT-bound high school students, the last year of high school is a waste of time. In addition, many students come in with AP credit for a semester's or year's worth of calculus, physics, biology, and/or chemistry. Perhaps MIT could accept...

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4/24/13
Tuition
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Average: 5 (1 vote)

Reduce tuition to a sustainable fraction of median income to make an MIT education attainable to students without forcing them or their families to take on enormous debt.
I read that tuition for this academic year is $43k, more than 80% of US...

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4/20/13
Energy Exchange Program
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Hold a competitive process to recruit students from around the world who have displayed clear leadership in energy to attend MIT for a semester or year. Their addition would strengthen the MIT energy community and expand the impact MIT has on solving...

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4/16/13
Video is too expensive
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Currently, capturing video is a very manual process and is very expensive. There must be technology out there which can radically automate the video capture process. We should identify it and then roll out the same, standardized technology in every...

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4/12/13
MIT should take a lead in Ethics.
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**Submitted by the MIT Alumni Association behalf of shashiks02@gmail.com, Class of 1978 (ME).**

It will be great if a well-designed and impactful module in ETHICS can be added to all the courses offered...

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4/12/13
We should never loose sight of humanity. We cannot learn to be social if we are locked in our rooms.
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**Submitted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of david.dinhofer@dinhofer.net, Class of 1975.**

I would like to start by saying that my experience and memories at MIT are centered around...

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4/12/13
IN-PERSON LECTURES are essential.
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**Submitted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of donferguson@ieee.org, Class of 1957.**

IN PERSON LECTURES are essential, I believe. A live person who is expert on the topic can add emphasis on...

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4/12/13
Rethink the 4-year system of education, but do not kill its warmth and personal attention to students and young instructors
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**Submitted to the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of owenmtz@alum.mit.edu, Class of 1960.**

Thanks for your courtesy in requesting my opinion about MIT education. I studied City and Regional...

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4/11/13
Great start.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf jhyde@nyc.rr.com.**

All universities should be looking to offer more at drastically lower costs.

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4/11/13
Very interesting and valuable initiative.
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Average: 5 (1 vote)

**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of subbukdg@gmail.com**

Very interesting and valuable initiative. It is interesting that you have listed the following as the needs:
• Are in-person...

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