Do you recall universities going after the MOOCs? I do. Do you think students benefit from smaller class sizes and more one on one time with professors? If you ask a professor what qualifies them do they say their research or their pedagogical skills? Do people pursue higher education opportunities at the same rate when no degree or certificate is offered? What happened to MOOCs anyway? If Harvard is so great for the nation, why not 10x its enrollment? I’ve probably thought about this much longer than you have.
> Students can and will learn better with ai “professors” than they do now.
No, that’s not true. You have no evidence to suggest that.
> The problem is that higher education is not about learning ultimately.
It is, actually, and many institutions do a good job of this. Some don’t, but they’re not all just degree mills.