There has been a lot of hype in recent times about the virtues of online learning; a triumphal narrative that is inevitably accompanied by predictions about the decline of the traditional higher education model and a listing of its faults.
Here from the Chronicle of HIgher Education is a cautionary tale, about the quality of some of these online 'colleges' and 'universities'--"Unmuzzling Diploma Mills: Dog Earns M.B.A. Online"
"...The Vermont pug earned his tassles by pawing over $499 to Rochville University, which offers 'distance learning degrees based on life and career experience'.... He got back a package from a post-office box in Dubai that contained a diploma and transcripts, plus a certificate of distinction in finance and another purporting to show membership in the student council."
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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