Md. Brick-and-Mortar Ph.D. Program Against a Potential Online Rival

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Md. Brick-and-Mortar Ph.D. Program Against a Potential Online Rival
The University of Maryland University College wants to create an online doctoral program for aspiring community-college administrators, but Morgan State University is seeking to block it, The Sun newspaper, in Baltimore, reports. Morgan State, which is historically black, says the program would duplicate a program offered on its campus, and therefore violate civil-rights legal precedents. William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, thinks another precedent is at stake. "I'm not aware of another instance in which an online degree has been considered duplicative of a face-to-face program," he said.

 

Took the words right out of my mouth, 'William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, thinks another precedent is at stake. "I'm not aware of another instance in which an online degree has been considered duplicative of a face-to-face program," he said.'