I am imagining a world where the Ivy league and other top colleges offers an online only option, including, video lectures and zoom discussion seminars with the professor and other students. The entry requirements are identical to the standard residential college option but price is much cheaper.
I think that this option would attract an older set of applicants than those that currently attend those schools ( almost all 18-22). People who need to still work basically full time around their studies to cover their living expenses. That’s not a bad thing. Society benefits when education is easily accessible to everybody. I would love to see more older career changers go to the top schools and not just the mostly lower rank ones that offers the flexibility and affordability that they need to succeed.