Idea Bank: Revenue opportunities

4/12/13
IN-PERSON LECTURES are essential.
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Average: 4 (1 vote)

**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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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Revenue opportunities, Cost reduction strategies, Financial models and pricing structures, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Academic year, Physical spaces, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, Beyond the residential campus
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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4/7/13
Want bold students? Replace tuition with an income commitment
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Average: 5 (4 votes)

Fixed tuition costs burden students with debt and cause them to make poor long term choices. I know too many people who have taken jobs (and eventually, careers) that they don't love because they feel the pressure of their student loan debt. These...

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4/5/13
Direction for Yammer Group: Future of MIT Education
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The following message was sent to the email address listed at the bottom of this page but bounced back as no such user so I'm posting the message here.

To: mitedu-cochairs@exchange.mit.edu...

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4/4/13
edX satellite campuses in major cities
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Average: 4.5 (2 votes)

The edX model has a lot of promise for the future, but so far it does not completely replace an on-campus MIT education. I see at least three crucial areas where the on-campus approach still holds a major advantage:

1) Student-to-student...

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4/3/13
Graduate all students debt-free
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Average: 4.9 (7 votes)

MIT should commit to ensuring that its students can leave the Institvte debt-free.

The cost of higher education is skyrocketing at a rate much faster than inflation, while median incomes are stagnating. MIT's tuition and costs, which have...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Revenue opportunities, Cost reduction strategies, Financial models and pricing structures, cost, loan, financial aid, work-study, debt
4/3/13
Campaign
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Average: 1 (1 vote)

Everyone knows that the old, single-pane windows in the main group are energy sinks, yet replacement is not cheap. I would like to propose a fund raising campaign to fix this. At Brown University, sections of the fence surrounding the campus are named...

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4/3/13
Teaching vs Lecturing: A Disruptive Force in Online Education
4.666665
Average: 4.7 (3 votes)

Remember, back in school, that professor who was an absolute genius but couldn't teach his way out of a paper bag?

And did you ever have a teacher who was truly masterful at transferring his or her knowledge to you?

There is a wide...

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4/3/13
Deeper Industry Partnership
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Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

I attended MIT for undergrad and then again a few years later for MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO). LGO has a fantastic model that should be rolled out across the institute of having industry partnerships which supplement education. LGO has...

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