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I do think that this distance degree is fast coming, but I don't think you can get a 'world class' education from it. Perhaps I was spoiled, but most of my lectures were from professors that knew my name, and we had extensive dialogs during those lectures. My class sizes after my second year probably averaged 15 students. I have had 'lecture hall' classes, and I think those are pretty similar to distance learning. It's educational, but I wouldn't call it 'world class', no matter what campus it takes place at. That said, I agree that many versions of the college education could be replaced by distance learning. In fact they should be, because students are paying far too much for what they get.