The Trouble with Online College (NYT)

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<p>As exciting as some of these developments are, there are serious problems, as highlighted here. The hybrid courses sound promising. </p>

<p>"First, student attrition rates — around 90 percent for some huge online courses — appear to be a problem even in small-scale online courses when compared with traditional face-to-face classes. Second, courses delivered solely online may be fine for highly skilled, highly motivated people, but they are inappropriate for struggling students who make up a significant portion of college enrollment and who need close contact with instructors to succeed."</p>

<p>See article at
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/opinion/the-trouble-with-online-college.html?hp&_r=1&%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/opinion/the-trouble-with-online-college.html?hp&_r=1&&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Ah, dang it. Just saw that Beliavsky also posted this into an existing thread this morning.
Carry on. :)</p>

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