I think the former is a lot of it. The faculty who are active participants in, say, the University Senate or the AAUP see on-line programs as a threat to the idea of full-time tenured faculty. After all, it will generally not be such faculty teaching the programs. I don't know if there is particular resistance to Pearson. And, from what little I know, I can agree with your "crap shoot" assessment.Originally posted by RUsundevil:
I'm unclear. Do the faculty oppose more online degree programs or merely more with a partnership with Pearson?
In my former career, I worked in higher ed for 7 years, almost 4 of which were in online at 2 different universities and I can tell you that it's a crap shoot. The overall (generalizing here) quality is much lower than face to face. Mind you I'm not against the medium itself, just how the medium is often treated.