Friday, April 10, 2009

More Controversy...

A follow-on article to the StraighterLine controversy was published by Inside Higher Ed today. Once you get past the sensationalism, the article is very complimentary toward the StraighterLine courses and model. I hope this leads regional accreditors and others to compare our courses and prices to existing online general education courses at institutions that they already accredit. On the other hand, the implication that this is somehow outside the lines of legitimate accreditation could diminish schools' willingness to work with us. We'll see. Lastly, I can't help noting that the first two comments (there are 3 as I write this) seem like they were written without having read the article. Our courses meet all the requirements listed and our faculty aren't questionable. These commenters clearly read the headline and then drew their own conclusions. Here's are two other thoughtful posts about StraighterLine's impact on college composition classes by Doug Robinson:

1) Response to the follow-on Article
2) Response to the original article.

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