But the urban emigrees who accidentally come to own much of this forestland through real estate transactions lack fundamental knowledge of forest issues and forestry management techniques. Former Yale Forestry Dean Charles H.W. Foster and Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Emeritus Edmund T. Cranch explain how distance learning via home computer could be used to improve management of the 700,000 New England forests. An Inside View - Virtual colleges will harm bricks and mortar schools. Online colleges lack libraries and other resources. The lack of a classroom compromises learning.
Teachers give students less attention online.
Online courses lack rigor. Not so fast . Higher Education Prepares for Change o Brown University Distinguished Professor Eleanor M. McMahon , the former higher education commissioner in Rhode Island, outlines key challenges facing New England higher education. The shortage is so bad that some Connecticut drugstores have had to close during business hours to comply with state law prohibiting them from operating without a pharmacist on site. Meanwhile, enrollment in typically expensive pharmacy schools has been declining.