Bill Bennett : Soon , Udacity will be launching in-person testing centers to verify a student 's knowledge and skills . We have dreamed of providing universal , low cost , first-class higher education . But we are not going to do it by raising taxes on the middle class or cutting programs for poor people. Thanks to Silicon Valley , and Sebastian Thrun , we may soon attain that dream . He says Thrun 's Udacity is an inspiring model for the future of education . Bennett : Traditional higher education has much to learn from Thrun 's enterprise .
Bill Bennett : We have dreamed of providing universal , low cost , first-class higher education . But we are not going to do it by raising taxes on the middle class or cutting programs for poor people. Thanks to Silicon Valley , and Sebastian Thrun , we may soon attain that dream . He says Thrun 's Udacity is an inspiring model for the future of education . Bennett : Traditional higher education has much to learn from Thrun 's enterprise .