The changing face of higher ed
May 9th, 2005From the Times Union …
To compete, universities must soon operate with equal facility in traditional as well as virtual learning environments, both locally and globally.
Face-to-face and online learning are quickly becoming equal and complementary ways of learning, just as newspaper and television have become complementary media of information. By putting their courses online, universities can open their classrooms to a global audience of students with little extra costs. While many universities have the technology for such a transformation (for example, the SUNY Learning Network), to compete effectively, universities must make strategic investments in the faculty time required to adapt traditional courses for online teaching.
Finally, growing pressures from higher education entrepreneurs may force many universities to make tough choices as they decide in which segment of the higher education market — liberal arts versus practical arts, undergraduate versus graduate, residential or commuter, research versus teaching — they want to compete.
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