Universities buying online courses from other institutions

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  1. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    From the Chronicle: More Professors Teach by Using Other Colleges' Online Courses

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    • Some colleges find that buying online courses from other institutions is the best way to create extensive online-education programs.

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      The American Association of University Professors, a faculty union, is opposed to having faculty members teach courses they did not create. Donald R. Wagner, who was chairman of AAUP's distance-education committee, says having professors teach online courses they did not create undermines their role at their institution. ...
     
  2. raristud

    raristud Member

    "But some professors don't want nonprofit colleges emulating for-profit enterprises. The American Association of University Professors, a faculty union, is opposed to having faculty members teach courses they did not create".

    - Is the AAUP afraid that professors will perform less research, therefore generating less grant ( revenue ) money for their department and college?

    "Donald R. Wagner, who was chairman of AAUP's distance-education committee, says having professors teach online courses they did not create undermines their role at their institution."

    - Which is to win grant money for their institutions.


    "It cuts to the heart of what a faculty member is"

    - A member of Academic Capitalism?.

    "Mr. Wagner says. "When an institution of higher education hires a faculty member, the faculty member is supposed to teach, participate in university affairs in some way as a form of service, and participate in scholarship."

    - A faulty member who teaches with outsourced distance learning courses is participating in university affairs as a form of service. They are increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their respective colleges. By utilizing outsourced courses, Mr.Wagner may save his college money and time. The extra cash flow may fund the hiring of new staff ( Assistant Professors and TA money generating grant research helpers ), modernization of facilities, and extra donuts in the morning.

    - Use of outsourced distance learning courses may promote better allocation of time. Therefore, instead of waisting countless hours developing courses, professors will have the opportunity to participate in more scholarly endeavors by writing grant proposals.

    "Mr. Wagner is also a professor of political science at the State University of West Georgia and is its director of special programs there, including the distance- and distributed-learning programs. He says that he is not concerned about the use of the purchased material for noncredit courses, which do not intrude on the role of professors at colleges".

    - Mr.Wagner says that he is "not concerned about the use of purchased material for noncredit courses, which do not intrude on the role of professors at colleges." Is this hypocrisy?.
     
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  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    What in the world does academia have to do with capitalism? We're not exactly talking about University of Phoenix here.

    -=Steve=-
     
  4. raristud

    raristud Member

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