Universities have become money-making institutions that benefit from putting young people with no money into debt.
My landlord is taking on-line courses working towards his masters degree.
He said the on-line courses are more demanding because they require the student to do more actual reading and little to no lectures.
His take is the students are getting PO’d because they actually have to work and learn in order to pass the classes.
Also no parties and hanging out in overpriced bistros.
I tend to agree with him.
Better yet, sue China.
No, listening to those instructors in person is far worse. Being discovered by the instructors is even worse than that for conservative students.
I loved online classes since I never paid attention in class anyway. Taught myself using the books.
My son’s Calculus 3 course went from “live” to online. The videos he has to watch are not from his professor. There is no opportunity to ask questions. There are no study groups because the university is closed. Everyone’s grades have dropped significantly since the course shifted to online. A number of students have since dropped the course. Final exam is next week.
It isn't the students - it's child's play (literally) to those who were brought up on Pokemon and MMORPGs. It isn't the curricula either - some of the best implementations I've seen are in ancient history. It's the professors. They talk a good game but believe me, they do not like change.
No, I think not.
(My 21-year-old daughter is currently in her sixth semester in Allgemeine Linguistik at the prestigious Eberhard-Karls-Universität [Tübingen], and is likewise forced to attend only online courses.)
Rather, he noted that he is paying "top dollar" for his daughter to enjoy the "full-package" experience of attending a first-rate university, but that she is, instead, essentially receiving only the same experience she could have had by taking correspondence courses from the University of American Samoa ("Better Call Saul" reference) or from the Colombia University ("Community" reference).
Regards,
Just watching documentaries and You Tube videos will give you a better education than an online university course. He paid for an in person education. He is not getting what he paid for. This is first year contracts stuff. . Just because the university was shut down by the idiots in Washington or wherever does not absolve the university from paying back what they took when they can’t provide what they contracted to provide.
The contact has been breached. The university must refund the money it took.
On the other hand, if the money is returned then the university would not be required to give the student any credit for taking the classes. That might be a disincentive to demanding the money back.
I have two daughters. One thrives with online classes, one not so much. When you make your schedule you choose online or in-person. I understand this wasn’t planned for but some students are probably really struggling. Some just aren’t doing the work. Either way, it’s not what they paid for and no college would let them choose to change format mid-term. Some are paying $50,000 in tuition alone.
Anyone paying 50,000 per year for the whole college experience is getting ripped off with online schooling.
The room and board should be a no-brainer refund. If the college is delaying repaying it they are as crooked as airlines or Ticketmaster refusing refunds.
One problem for the colleges is that students might start asking "Why am I taking this class or even all my classes at Local State U instead of picking and choosing the best course in the world for each subject? Why take my physics class from the local professor who is resentful having to waste his time teaching an undergrad class or the PhD student actually teaching it when you can get the modern equivalent of Richard Feynman?" This might shatter the current university system.
George Washington U jacked up tuition to make itself looked more exclusive. It was able to attract dumb rich kids. It has a 42% acceptance rate comparable to University of Maryland. The stupid parent was already paying for a overpriced “education”.
The issue is, no weed at home, no kegs at home, no random sex at home, no constant communist indoctrination at home - why pay $65 000 for that?
On the other hand, 90% of the classes they teach now are useless, even if you are in the class.
My son is doing engineering, and those online classes are testing actual knowledge, but his other classes are just stupid paperwork exercises.
The important thing is to get the degree, nobody really cares how you did in bowling or international studies.
I wish someone would start a class action lawsuit for local school tax payors. The schools have been closed for 1/3 of the year.