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Friday, October 02, 2009
Bargain Basement Higher Ed Has No Need for Libraries - Steven Bell, Library Journal
You know a higher education issue is really heating up when you suddenly find yourself reading about it almost everywhere you turn over the course of a week or so. Think of all those articles about the popularity of online learning just as the price of gas was peaking. Then there were those dozens and dozens of articles about crashing enrollments just as the recession was peaking. And recall all those articles about alternative textbook options just as their cost was peaking. See a trend here? When some sort of event or trend starts to peak, analysts come out of the woodwork to tell you that something transformative and earth-shaking is about to happen. Now the out-of-control cost of higher education combines with the expanding migration to online learning to create buzz that may well tip the field toward a radical shift in higher education.
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