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Higher education has been on the verge of a structural crisis due to the rising cost of tuition and ballooning student debt. The sheer cost of higher education has created a burden that many people continue to bear even as they move into retirement. Remote teaching is an opportunity for colleges to scale up programs and scale down costs. The institutions that will come out strongest are those that can cultivate flexible environments for learning online, says CEO of edtech company Top Hat. Here, he discusses some potential long-term effects of remote teaching.