system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How is buying a textbook, starting a Meetup group, and chipping in for a professor to stop by every week for a few hours is different than paying $40k a year to attend grad school?
gpt
Accreditation. If you go through a proper university course, there are standards in place to make sure you've been taught certain information, and having a degree reflects that. Plus, when you attend a university, you're also paying for access to a lot of the facilities.