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Stephen Downes

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Somewhere along the line the Christensen Institute turned from advancing a realitively reasonable set of propositions about innovation to some sort of ideologically-based commentary on education and other industries. Here's the latest: "there's one solution that not only offers potential students a measure of security against taking on loans they can't pay off, but also protects against spending time on an education that doesn't align with workforce needs: outcomes-based funding." Seriously? Has outcomes-based pricing made lawyers and law any cheaper? Has it pushed down the price of professional sports? Is there no way outcomes-based pricing can be manipulated to keep people paying high prices?

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