Can college students learn as much in online learning? - Dave Murray, The Grand Rapids Press

Can college students learn as much in online learning? - Dave Murray, The Grand Rapids Press

Some higher education leaders I met Friday think so. I’m attending an education writers conference in Chicago this weekend, looking at the future of higher education. As always, the Hechinger Institute folks have brought together an impressive array of panelists. Our first session focused on moves away from the traditional college delivery method – which is “ed-speak” for the way classes are taught. Robert Mendenhall is president of Western Governors University, an online college that a Nov. 17, 2008 Time magazine article called “The best relatively cheap university you’ve never heard of.”