The nontraditional students they serve are satisfied and, despite qualms about cheating and intellectual property, so are most professors who teach online. No Frills in the Virtual Classroom By Andrew Feenberg. Both promoters and opponents of online education have got it wrong. February 24, 1999. The university has a reputation for conservatism.
Information technology is supposed to be a force for revolution.
And so the reshaping of the university by means of information technology has the makings of a great drama. This is a fine thing, and it is also dangerous. Information technology prompts us to reconsider the fundamental values of the university, but it also enables us to destroy the university if that is what we want. By Stephen C. Ehrmann. At least twice before, such transformations have radically enlarged the world within the reach of scholars and students, drawing in more of them while providing richer and more varied options.