Post #1763933

2026-04-28 14:47 UTC

The large centralized university in its current form cannot hold. I imagine a future with small colleges dispersed across the land. Federated coops of students, staff, and faculty. Block schedules, classes of no more than 12. Student devised majors. The future of learning has to be social, personal, community. It must be the antithesis.

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@ekansa@scholar.social 2026-04-28 18:29

@electricarchaeo@scholar.social Sounds almost medieval. Almost, but also like the ideas in the Ronin Institute (before they ran into huge organizational problems).

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@bookandswordblog@scholar.social 2026-04-28 18:51

@electricarchaeo@scholar.social most countries went to big universities because of the obvious economies of scale over tiny American-style universities with a few thousand students. Likewise larger class sizes: if you want small classes, students have to pay a lot or teachers have to be paid very little (also a 19th-century thing).

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@postantiquarian@archaeo.social 2026-04-28 19:50

@electricarchaeo@scholar.social that's approaching what I imagine higher learning would look like in a post revolutionary anarchist future.

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@kfitz@hcommons.social 2026-04-28 21:45

@electricarchaeo@scholar.social I am about to embark on a writing project that has this very idea as one of its facets. I’d love to talk with you about it as I dig in!

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@michaelc@scholar.social 2026-04-28 22:58

@electricarchaeo@scholar.social With regard to both your post and a nod to your profile image, I am willing to be your minion and/or co-conspirator. I have taught more at the high school level than college but have experience in both. Your vision is similar to mine.

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