Comments on: University of Texas System to Join EdX http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/16/university-of-texas-system-to-join-edx/ With Help From Some Friends Sat, 25 May 2013 00:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Does the proliferation of online courses undercut the “diversity” rationale? | PLF Liberty Blog | PLF Liberty Blog http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/16/university-of-texas-system-to-join-edx/#comment-36795 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:59:43 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10773#comment-36795 [...] appears as if the Univerisity of Texas is significantly increasing its offering of online courses.  These will be availble to students throughout the world.  [...]

]]> By: Online Diversity? http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/16/university-of-texas-system-to-join-edx/#comment-36419 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:36:17 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10773#comment-36419 [...] Posting on Jay Greene’s blog, Matt Ladner of the Goldwater Institute notes that the University of Texas system has just joined the growing EdX movement, giving a further boost to online education. That means that exactly where a student is officially enrolled makes rather little difference, and it leads Ladner to ask, “Second, how ironic is it that this announcement comes on the heels of the Supreme Court arguments over UT Austin’s affirmative action policy? Soon people from all over the globe will be taking University of Texas courses, making the scarcity of university spots underlying such policies potentially obsolete, almost certainly less severe.” [...]

]]> By: allen http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/16/university-of-texas-system-to-join-edx/#comment-36185 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:00:12 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10773#comment-36185 Heck, maybe there will be a bubble-like collapse of some sort in higher education. Most likely at the undergrad, if not underclassman, level.

I’m just wondering whether a wave of MOOC-powered higher education will hit community colleges the hardest forcing them to distill their offerings down to those classes that simply can’t be done via computer?

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