Dual future?
I like your distinction between academic and “hands on” subjects, it makes a lot of sense. I guess online learning qualifies for being a (much) larger part of the future: hands on subjects will still call for brick-and-mortar; also, rich people might wish to buy expensive facetime. But I think EU policy should make a mighty push towards broad acceptability of online education, to give some space to youth trapped between the rock of very expensive brick-and-mortar edu establishments and the hard place of a lack of qualifications.
BTW, I am speaking from experience here: have you seen the other Classroom on the wire mission reports? Access from here. My own mission is here - on math, way, way better than anything I have ever had in a classroom.