This suggests that the interests of university are not well aligned with the goal of spreading education.
Most obviously, there is no incentive to give education to people outside your university. Teaching 200 of your students is strictly better than teaching 190 of your students and 10 000 strangers.
The 32,000 people who signed and gave up are not a problem per se, but if 10 of them are your students, then perhaps you are going to have a problem.
It’s like a university version of the “No Child Left Behind” problem. Preventing one child from being “left behind” is rewarded more than helping hundred children get much further ahead.
Possible solution: A separation of education from the school system.
This suggests that the interests of university are not well aligned with the goal of spreading education.
Most obviously, there is no incentive to give education to people outside your university. Teaching 200 of your students is strictly better than teaching 190 of your students and 10 000 strangers.
The 32,000 people who signed and gave up are not a problem per se, but if 10 of them are your students, then perhaps you are going to have a problem.
It’s like a university version of the “No Child Left Behind” problem. Preventing one child from being “left behind” is rewarded more than helping hundred children get much further ahead.
Possible solution: A separation of education from the school system.