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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Don't have much to say but words of comfort; I think in 10-20 years it will be the norm.
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I was thinking about that; I follow economics, and proponents of globalization talk about how it drives down the cost of everything, so don't worry if you lose your job to an Indian programmer making 1/5 the wages; everything will be soooo much cheaper.
Except health care isn't cheaper. Education isn't cheaper. Those things aren't off-shored, and they have powerful lobbies that keep costs high.
So what if you started an online university _based in India_ with accredited instructors making Indian pay? (Indian CS degrees are honored here, so why not?) Hell, you could probably get the cost of college down to $20 a unit. Or less. In many ways this is a _very poor idea_, but it's no different than offshoring our manufacturing and, lately, R&D capabiity. Watch somebody try it soon, and watch the universities scream.
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