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Commentary: NYU Prof Says More Than 20 Percent of Universities Could Fail Because of the Lockdowns
The Ohio Star ^
| September 20, 2020
| Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan
Posted on 09/20/2020 4:27:59 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat
Parents and students will demanding tuition discounts soon. They are paying tuition for in-person instruction, not the University of Phoenix.
To: CheshireTheCat
Universities have experimented with ways to leverage their main talent. Almost 50 years ago, there were sections at University of Illinois that used televised lectures, with a teaching assistant to attempt to field questions. The only times that all the students at a given time were in a lecture hall was for mid-terms and finals.
Chemistry and Physics had labs, with several TV sections sharing a facility. Lots of fun.
I wasn't aware of TV sections for Women's Studies and such. There were TV sections for history, English, EASL, and other soft courses.
The Music department limited enrollment to the capacity of their classrooms and practice halls. (Hard limit on organist students.) Theater classes were held in a packed auditorium.
As for those top professors, they didn't teach, except when they took grad students under their wing. Their big thing was scoring large grants for their research.
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posted on
09/20/2020 4:50:22 PM PDT
by
asinclair
(Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
To: CheshireTheCat
If the 4 year bachelors degree enrollment were reduced by 80%, the students and the nation would both be better off.
To: CheshireTheCat
I guess every tragedy has an upside.
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posted on
09/20/2020 4:52:08 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(In all things ... trigger discipline.)
To: CheshireTheCat
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posted on
09/20/2020 4:54:33 PM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
("Racism" is NOT a rationale for fascism.)
To: OrangeHoof
The silver lining. A lot of public school districts will also be on shaky financial ground. Maybe in desperation, they might try educating again instead of indoctrinating. Nah.
They'll just get property taxes doubled or tripled.
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posted on
09/20/2020 4:56:01 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Elections have consequences. We won, you lost. Get over it." --Barack Hussein Obama)
To: Salvey
To: All
Ridiculous, it all changes Nov 4th. There will be a miraculous opening of the world.
To: CheshireTheCat
They’ve been failing for a very long time ... now they will just not be graduating indebted failures.
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posted on
09/20/2020 4:59:05 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
To: CheshireTheCat
Then eggheads will need to get real jobs.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:00:08 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: CheshireTheCat
There is always a silver lining somewhere in tragedy.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:00:09 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: Huskrrrr
Then eggheads will need to get real jobs.
With what skills?
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:00:56 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: CheshireTheCat
I’m sure those liberal, socialist universities with huge endowments will share their wealth. /sarc
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:04:48 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
To: KarlInOhio
So if I am taking a video class anyway, why would I want Professor Smith from Podunk State University when I could get the same class from the best lecturer in the country.One of my colleagues sums up on-line classes well: only the most prestigious and cheapest will succeed. People will only pay a premium if the degree is from a prestigious university. Universities in the middle have their work cut out for them.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:07:42 PM PDT
by
CommerceComet
(Joe Biden: Showing his leadership by cowering in the basement like a scared child.)
To: HangnJudge
Protect STEM programs, Business, Trades
I suspect that these things will take care of themselves.
I suppose that Womyns Studies and comparative culture professors can probably learn to code. With their razor-sharp minds capable of highly complex levels of applied logic and reasoning, this should be a good fit.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:07:53 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(Wht then small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: CheshireTheCat
Except in the hard sciences where you need a lab, this is long over due. Tired of paying for womyn’s studies Marxists.
To: CheshireTheCat
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:11:13 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
To: asinclair
At my school, we had distance learning in the SEVENTIES. The video was transmitted one-way by microwave and interaction was done by phone.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:11:39 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(Wht then small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: KarlInOhio
...Richard Feynman.
His lectures are STILL electrifying.
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posted on
09/20/2020 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(Wht then small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: Gnome1949
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