It’s not just that it will finally address the scourge of “lugging stacks of books across campus.”
In the words of its one of its faculty members, “People shouldn’t be discriminated for where they chose to live.”
It’s not just that it will finally address the scourge of “lugging stacks of books across campus.”
In the words of its one of its faculty members, “People shouldn’t be discriminated for where they chose to live.”
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August 29th, 2011 at 9:01AM
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August 29th, 2011 at 9:23AM
Training students never to have to see students.
Not only is it great for the student, but it can all be taught from a little café near the Sorbonne.
August 29th, 2011 at 9:59AM
I can see the point of this, from the perspective of a giant state like Idaho. It’s not always an option to uproot yourself. But in practice…it’s never done carefully enough.
August 29th, 2011 at 11:03AM
According to Kerry Rice, chair of Boise State’s Department of Educational Technology, “The degree will be one of the only online-only degrees the university offers.” Isn’t that special !
August 29th, 2011 at 1:31PM
It additionally troubles me that an “Associate Professor in Educational Technology” doesn’t know how to use the correct preposition with “discriminated.”
August 30th, 2011 at 1:50AM
Professors from the Sorbonne (see @francofou) are notorious for providing research students with very little supervision… Is this so different from an online program?
August 30th, 2011 at 7:02AM
to be able to sell degrees without building/grounds costs (and related presidential fundraising), not to mention that pesky student life nonsense is an administrative/accounting dreamland and if people can be suckered into buying it will be like a force of nature that sweeps through the structures of academic life as we know it. the writing may be on the screen for all (who pay) to see
August 30th, 2011 at 2:34PM
http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/08/30/7524387-steal-this-report-college-plagiarism-up-says-pew-report?GT1=43001
November 9th, 2011 at 9:33AM
for those of us who travel, live far away for the US, and realized late in life a PhD is what we want/need, this allows us to pursue QUALITY higher education without excessive disruption to our professional and personal lives.