It seems that everything the government is willing to pay for (or lend money for) gets outrageously priced. From healthcare (what is the cost of saving an american life?) to 'defense' (what is the cost of taking a killer's life?), the US has developed a system that mortgages the future of our children to subsidize the anxieties of 'adults' of the present.
It's the corporatization that killed learning, just like it killed healthcare. From rigid rules to unequal pay scales , there is no reason for a corporate hierarchy except to make cannon fodder. Educators should go to work at Valve to build 'Valve Academy'. The flat and free-spirited culture seems to be working there. They have revolutionized game development and distribution. They have enabled communities of people to exist and interact. The only thing lacking is to formalize the knowledge that the gamers posses. Not just winning strategies and tactics. But game design and game theory. This would require knowledge from all the subjects conceivably taught at university - after all, they are building virtual worlds, not just experiencing them.
