Those of us at the remote sites were every bit as involved with the class as those on the Notre Dame campus. It was the best of both worlds, convenient location but top-quality professors and team members. Although Notre Dame is exploring the possibility of offering online classes, it hasn't gone that route yet. It would be foolish not to explore it because that's the way the world seems to be going. Mich. Some people feel the online curriculum is more nimble than the traditional classroom, where stodgy faculty may hang onto outdated methods and ideas of what's relevant, says Gurden.
All programs have advisory boards made up of people from the working community.
We already have an e-business program, which is a very new subject area. We're not faculty-driven. The faculty must have work experience in the field, not merely academic experience. Online education provides a good way for post-graduate students to shift fields without necessarily getting an MBA, says Peter Contreras of Atlanta. Contreras already had a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from a conventional university and was working full-time as an engineer for Bellsouth Telecommunications when he developed a hankering to learn more about computers.