Whereas tutorials are the basis of university education at Oxbridge, they play a minor role in North America. Honours projects and directed studies are very minor (and unrewarded) aspects of teaching. Perhaps, now that we have electronic colleagues to do the outside-in information-providing aspect of teaching, tutorials could play a larger role, since the teacher has more time and energy for the inside out inspiration-creating aspect of teaching. The advantage of the tutorial is that the student chooses the topic, the professor, and directs the project. Unless they learn to do so, they will never become independent scholars. It is not by chance that Oxbridge has produced so many fine scholars.