Higher Education Blog
Melisha Childs
Certified Associate Registrar
Sanford Brown College
People are busy – too busy to go to school – at least in person. This is primarily because they are adult students who are stifled by time spent in their careers or adult students who have family and cannot commit to full-time school in the way that traditional students do. Many schools understand this, on the profit and non-profit side of education, and have developed rigorous programs to accommodate the busy, adult student.
Cross-posted from The EvoLLLution, originally published May 9, 2012.
While I would have loved to have had all these advantages when I entered on-line education, I believe the problems go deeper. I know students in Uganda, Kenya and remote parts of Canada who have managed to overcome obstacles and get the degrees.
I don’t believe in doing everything for people, but if people qualify for help, it should be available.
As you say, some people just aren’t suited on online educaton. Some people just aren’t suited to higher education. I have learned since I returned to college teaching that some people want it handed to them. These people need to get a job and get on with their lives.
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