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Purdue University Acquires Kaplan University--online higher ed is growing like mad
Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:52 pm
On several occasions here I have spoke of the need to rid taxpayers of the burden of our higher education brick and mortar institutions. I have predicted big moves to online education. It is as plain as day.
Today I read where Purdue University has acquired Kaplan University in a move to dramatically expand it's online presence.
When you read of such things you should prepare for the implications to our system.
There is no way to political close a higher education institution in Louisiana so we should immediately spin them off into private entities and let them fend for themselves. We could then take the money we are spending and give it to Louisiana residents as vouchers to buy higher educations. Our former institutions would have huge advantages over their competitors as they would have a state filled with well financed students.
We are going to be left with huge albatrosses around our the necks of taxpayers.
Today I read where Purdue University has acquired Kaplan University in a move to dramatically expand it's online presence.
When you read of such things you should prepare for the implications to our system.
There is no way to political close a higher education institution in Louisiana so we should immediately spin them off into private entities and let them fend for themselves. We could then take the money we are spending and give it to Louisiana residents as vouchers to buy higher educations. Our former institutions would have huge advantages over their competitors as they would have a state filled with well financed students.
We are going to be left with huge albatrosses around our the necks of taxpayers.
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Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:53 pm to I B Freeman
I like online education, because you don't have to massive cost overruns trying to make your university into a resort spa.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:55 pm to I B Freeman
Is there a way to invest in online education stocks?
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:56 pm to cokebottleag
Posted on 4/27/17 at 12:57 pm to Iosh
Online university is on net a good thing. Decreased costs, more flexible access, etc.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It would not surprise me at all that 20 years from now 50% of college degrees are earned online.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:07 pm to I B Freeman
quote:
On several occasions here I have spoke of the need to rid taxpayers of the burden of our higher education brick and mortar institutions
If we (the taxpayers) could get the Fed out of the student loan biz, everything would take care of itself.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:09 pm to I B Freeman
Most schools have distance learning grad school options now. 30k for an Engineering Systems Management degree from TAMU if you're a Texas resident.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:10 pm to I B Freeman
quote:The university of california systems are starting to offer more and more online classes.
It would not surprise me at all that 20 years from now 50% of college degrees are earned online.
I don't see the issue.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Online education is absolutely the future.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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The university of california systems are starting to offer more and more online classes.
I don't see the issue.
The only issue is whether or not taxpayers should continue to maintain and construct brick and mortar higher education facilities AND if the populace would be better off if most higher is delivered online.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:14 pm to I B Freeman
I'm surprised that you're in favour of this. It's going to come crashing down in a few years.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:26 pm to TN Bhoy
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I'm surprised that you're in favour of this. It's going to come crashing down in a few years.
What is going to come crashing down??
Brick and mortar is going to come crashing down when those student loans disappear.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:27 pm to I B Freeman
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The only issue is whether or not taxpayers should continue to maintain and construct brick and mortar higher education facilities AND if the populace would be better off if most higher is delivered online.
You don't need as many as before.
Of course, some majors need such facilities (hard to study properties of materials without labs, forestry without trees, nursing/medical without labs).
But we accountant types can do just fine without them (just give us a decent system to access textbooks, exams, and case studies). Not to mention those "degrees" which lead to "high paying" Starbucks barista jobs.
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:30 pm to I B Freeman
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Purdue University Acquires Kaplan University
Why wouldn't Purdue university just setup their own online school?
Various programs at LSU are doing that now with great success.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:31 pm to I B Freeman
In 2005 when I was working on a PhD, I did a project for a class where I researched the possibility of the Ontological Standardization of Curriculum Due to the Growing Interest in Online Learning.
My profs liked it so much we tried to make it a dissertation topic as well. Longer story there.
Anyway, many of my predictions came true.
My profs liked it so much we tried to make it a dissertation topic as well. Longer story there.
Anyway, many of my predictions came true.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:31 pm to I B Freeman
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y spin them off into private entities and let them fend for themselves.
LSU is almost there. Probably not as far down that road it should be, but certainly farther than any other public university in the state.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:34 pm to goofball
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Why wouldn't Purdue university just setup their own online school?
Same reason that a company may buy another one instead of starting a new division.
They determined that getting Kaplan's was easier (and maybe cheaper) than setting up their own (or greatly expanding what they had), plus you have the name recognition of Kaplan.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:37 pm to Quidam65
I got my MBA from LSU Shreveport online two years ago. I was doing it at the same time as a friend that was getting a MBA from LSU. Our classes were basically the same, but my schedule was more condensed and the program was 1/3 the cost. Online education is the future for many of the programs offered out there.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 1:37 pm to Iosh
Regular universities, outside of the medical and engineering fields, are merely a giant sorting mechanism between those willing to sit through 4-5 years of bullshite they won't use for a cost they can't afford, and those who are not.
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