Does an editorial titled "The Trouble With Online College" make no mention of colleges that only operate online? That seems... odd, I guess. Ignoring that bit

Does an editorial titled "The Trouble With Online College" make no mention of colleges that only operate online? That seems... odd, I guess. Ignoring that bit of my personal pedantry, this editorial was disappointingly shallow. I get this is a newspaper editorial and not an essay, research paper, or some sort of manifesto but still... The author's position seems to pivot entirely on class-time (or, more broadly, face-time) with teachers. I posit that there are many more equally-pressing issues. For instance (anecdotally speaking), first-year students either know what formats and incarnations to expect from traditional classes, or they are able to quickly learn what to expect; online courses often have very little in common with one another. Online courses differ in interface, necessary/compatible software and hardware, and how and what course information is available. Online courses are still young and improving. I'm still not sure how online course developers will ultimately tackle the most fundamental issue with online courses: trust. How can you as a teacher or course administrator be confident that the person on the other end is who he/she says he is and that the person isn't using contraband resources? I was hoping for more depth in this article because determining and implementing the appropriate mix of technology in education is objectively necessary.