General Discussion

And I'm not opposed to the attempt at all.

But there's also some history of universities spending a lot of money on these things without changing much. All it's done is spike tuition and fees to little tangible educational benefit. It just sounds more like a business decision for the institution rather than addressing "How do we not turn out generations of people who haven't learned much?"

The degree factory model has mostly been to society's detriment, IMO. Particularly when accompanied by the amount of debt generated without significant benefit. So, hey, give anything a try that's different at this point.

But I fall a little on the pessimistic side. How students behave is symptomatic of a larger problem with technology that neither schools, parents, nor politicians seem prepared to address. No one wants to be the bad guy on social media, so we're still in this kind of Wild West phase with children's brains. And it's . . . going as expected.