2012Daphne Koller- 我们从在线教育学到了什么精选.docxVIP

00:11Like many of you, Im one of the lucky people.?I was born to a family where education was pervasive.?Im a third-generation PhD, a daughter of two academics.?In my childhood, I played around in my fathers university lab.?So it was taken for granted that I attend some of the best universities,?which in turn opened the door to a world of opportunity.00:33Unfortunately, most of the people in the world are not so lucky.?In some parts of the world, for example, South Africa,?education is just not readily accessible.?In South Africa, the educational system was constructed?in the days of apartheid for the white minority.?And as a consequence, today there is just not enough spots?for the many more people who want and deserve a high quality education.?That scarcity led to a crisis in January of this year?at the University of Johannesburg.?There were a handful of positions left open?from the standard admissions process, and the night before?they were supposed to open that for registration,?thousands of people lined up outside the gate in a line a mile long,?hoping to be first in line to get one of those positions.?When the gates opened, there was a stampede,?and 20 people were injured and one woman died.?She was a mother who gave her life?trying to get her son a chance at a better life.01:29But even in parts of the world like the United States?where education is available, it might not be within reach.?There has been much discussed in the last few years?about the rising cost of health care.?What might not be quite as obvious to people?is that during that same period the cost of higher education tuition?has been increasing at almost twice the rate,?for a total of 559 percent since 1985.?This makes education unaffordable for many people.01:59Finally, even for those who do manage to get the higher education,?the doors of opportunity might not open.?Only a little over half of recent college graduates?in the United States who get a higher education actually are working in jobs