In our last blog The Future of Education: Amazon or an eBay Model?"Anonymous"posted an excellent question:
"Very insightful, and I agree with most of the premises. The only one that stands out is the accreditation/social validation angle. IIT or Harvard graduate has a validation angle to employers, which will not go away for top institutions".
We had the exact same comment from a colleague on the blog recently and this blog summarizes some views on the subject: