Incidentally, I find it bizarrely interesting that all the panelists are from the Eastern Standard Time geographic part of the country. I get ticked off at such East Coast bias, as if nothing ever exciting goes on west of the Mississippi! oh well ...
Anyway, this is the intro in the NY Times piece:
Online courses have been around for nearly two decades, but enrollment has soared in recent years as more universities increase their offerings. More than 4.6 million college students (about one in four) were taking at least one online course in 2008, a 17 percent increase over 2007.
Institutions like Rutgers University and the University of California system are looking at expanding online courses as a way to keep down tuition costs or increase revenues. Recently, Rutgers said it would triple online revenues from $20.5 million to $60 million in five years.
Who benefits most from online courses — students or colleges? Are online classes as educationally effective as in-classroom instruction? Should more post-secondary education take place online?
- Greg von Lehmen, provost, University of Maryland University College
- Robert Zemsky, education professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Anya Kamenetz, author, “DIY U”
- Mark Bauerlein, English professor, Emory University
- Karen Swan, education professor, University of Illinois Springfield
- Ronald G. Ehrenberg, economist, Cornell University
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