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The section you quoted suggests to me that, in addition to the "end in itself" issue, we're also starting to treat college the same way we treat primary and sec
by obviouslygreen 14y ago
The section you quoted suggests to me that, in addition to the "end in itself" issue, we're also starting to treat college the same way we treat primary and secondary education: No child left behind. If the lowest common denominator can't handle it, then we shouldn't be spending money on it.
This actually makes more sense from a for-profit institution's point of view than it does for state-sponsored schools, but for whatever reason it started at the latter. I suppose seeing that attitude shift to the former as well shouldn't be too surprising.
- dyno12345 14y agoMaybe college is like secondary school because both behave according to traditions that have developed over hundreds of years, whereas online education is something very new and has very different parameters.
- yakiv 14y agoI'm going to make an utterly irrelevant comment here, but I think that in general it's better to not use "former" and "latter" like this---it often forces the reader to look back earlier in the text if they want to figure out what you're saying.
- antiterra 14y agoFailure should always be a real option for college students. But, that doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to have a system that addresses the slightly less-motivated or those whose learning benefits from personal interaction.