Ask HN: Can we build a web dev school from free content?

I was recently talking to my little cousin who is contemplating what to major in college. At some point during our conversation it occurred to me that in order to learn web development from the bottom up one does not really need to go to university and get a "degree". All the knowledge and information required exists for free online. The only problem seems to be that it lacks the hand holding and curation of a structured university program. Do you think it's possible to put together a syllabus linked to free content online that might take a high schooler and turn them into a well rounded web developer? Do you think we can curate a set of lessons and tests to serve this purpose?