无师无课且免费 法国另类学校落户美国
A university without any teachers has opened in California last month.
美国加利福尼亚州上个月新开设了一所没有教师的大学。It's called 42 - the name taken from the answer to the meaning of life, from the science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
该大学名叫"42",取自系列科幻小说《搭便车去银河系指南》中对生命意义的解答。The US college, a branch of an institution in France with the same name, will train about a thousand students a year in coding and software development by getting them to help each other with projects, then mark one another's work.
美国"42"大学是法国同名大学的分校。这所大学每年培训1000名学生,通过互助完成课题,而后互相评分的方式让他们学习编程和软件开发。
This might seem like the blind leading the blind - and it's hard to imagine parents at an open day being impressed by a university offering zero contact hours.
这看起来就像外行指导外行一样,很难想象父母们会在校园开放日,对一所提供零面授课时的大学留下深刻印象。But since 42 started in Paris in 2013, applications have been hugely oversubscribed.
但是自从42大学于2013年在巴黎创办以来,入学申请已经让人挤破了头。Like in the computer games the students are asked to design, they go up a level by competing a project. They graduate when they reach level 21, which usually takes three to five years.
与学校要求学生设计的电脑游戏相同,学生完成一个课题就会升一级,升到21级后就毕业了,这通常需要3到5年时间。And at the end there is a certificate but no formal degree.
学成后学生会获得一张证书但没有正式文凭。Recent graduates are now working at companies including IBM, Amazon, and Tesla, as well as starting their own firms.
近期的毕业生如今有在IBM、亚马逊和特斯拉等企业工作的,还有人开公司自主创业。