Sebastian Thrun predicted that in 50 years there will only be 10 institutions delivering higher education globally as traditional universities are disrupted by online education providers, with Udacity having a chance to become one of the last 10 standing institutions as other companies like Google, Pearson and Walmart acquire major online learning platforms.

1. “In 50 years, there will be only 10
institutions in the world delivering
higher education and Udacity has a
shot at being one of them.”
~ Sebastian Thrun

2. 1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Harvard
4. MIT
5. Stanford
6. Princeton
7. The University of Google (acquires Udacity, 2014)
8. The University of Pearson (acquires Coursera, 2016)
9. The University of Walmart (acquires University of
Phoenix, 2017)
10. BYU
The Last 10
Standing...

3. How would we end up with only 10
universities in the world?

4. End college sports

5. Axe public funding

6. Clarify “the purpose” of higher
education (i.e. job training)

7. Hand research over to the private
sector

8. Scrap graduate school

9. Define education as “content delivery”

10. “Unbundle” and
outsource

11. Or...