MSC05 3400
Scholes Hall, Room 240
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-2611
Fax: (505) 277-8275
provost@unm.edu
MSC05 3400
Scholes Hall, Room 240
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-2611
Fax: (505) 277-8275
provost@unm.edu
June 27, 2012 - Chaouki Abdallah
Many of our faculty colleagues have been closely following the saga at Mr. Jefferson’s university (see for example http://chronicle.com/article/What-If-Sullivan-Is/132517/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en.) The discussion within the University of Virginia has broad implications on the role and future of universities as seen by the various constituents. For example, many of you are aware of the so-called 100,000-classroom talk as described for example in: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html , where a couple of Stanford University professors taught a computer science class to more than 100,000 students. Similar efforts to put higher education within the reach of everyone are being launched by public & private universities as well as for-profit entities.
My question to you is: Should we embrace the proposed models, and if so, how do we continue to fund our traditional education model while controlling the quality of massive online education?
The Importance of Quick Strategic Decisions
November 19, 2012
Efficient vs Perfect Decision Making
October 24, 2012
Future of Universities
September 4, 2012
Research Metrics
August 16, 2012
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
August 6, 2012
The Role and Future of Universities
June 27, 2012
How should we pay for Higher Education?
June 25, 2012
College Affordability
April 30, 2012