"Colleges Need Metrics to Measure Student Success." New York Times 19 Oct. 2013: A18(L). Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
Link for the curious.
In this short response to the editor, the President of Lehigh University responds saying that colleges do not have an identity crisis because of how the cost of high education is being put into question. He agrees that something needs to be changed, but it is not transforming into a different platform, such as MOOCs, that will benefit colleges. He believes having a metric for what students have when they leave college is most important to establishing reputation.
This is a different viewpoint, and it doesn't directly relate to technology. It only briefly mentions technology, specifically MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, in relation to higher education. However it's a viewpoint someone like me, who is arguing in favor of technology's role in education, would have to address. I haven't formed an opinion on it -- I don't immediately reject it -- but something isn't sitting right with me.
VET
ReplyDeleteI think I already established this but the author is Alice Gast, President of Lehigh University. The University is ranked 41 in the list of best national universities by the US News & World Report for 2014. And she's writing to an author for the New York Times.