Interesting protest by San Jose philosophy professors – if they had been born a bit earlier they of
course would have fought the wheel, the lever and the printing press.
Colleges continue to dislike measuring results – the argument being that their “work” is simply too important to measure. It has to be
accepted on blind faith. And if you can't measure it then we will have to rely on the intuition and experience of those that will be losing their jobs rather than on the unbiased results. You can see where that will lead us.
And it is not just
professors but also college presidents.
The article points out: “Many college
presidents, too, are MOOC (massive open online courses) skeptics. In a Gallup poll released Thursday, most of
the 889 presidents surveyed said they did not expect online education to solve
colleges’ financial challenges or improve all students’ learning.” –
well guess what if we get rid of half of our professors then we should be able
to get rid of half of our college presidents as well.
This honest evaluation tells all about the priorities of too
many college professors relative to the debate on using more technology to
provide a better education at a lower price: “I started out very enthusiastic
about the democratization of higher education through the global MOOCs, but
I’ve gotten more cautious as my colleagues talk about what it might mean for
jobs, at public universities,”
in other words it was all milk and honey until I figured out that it might cost
me my job or at a minimum result in a cut in pay – and after all, my pay and
benefits are job one.
Our college system
acts like a virtual monopoly for many opportunities and many in this
institution won’t give up that monopoly without kicking, screaming and whining.
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