tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post4287923895586392113..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Of Mad Men and MOOCsundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-52232601013064384972012-06-27T00:04:29.481-07:002012-06-27T00:04:29.481-07:00Actually, I think that some of the places that act...Actually, I think that some of the places that actually provide a few of the benefits of an elite education to non elite students are some non famous but traditional brick and mortar schools.<br /><br />At the fancy R1s now, with the budget crunch, many undergraduates are rarely taught by regular, tenure track or tenured faculty -- it´s all TAs, visitings, lecturers, and so on. Go a tier down and they meet real, current, experienced, connected, genuine professors. A better option than Harvard on line, I really think.Zhttp://profacero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-80499593258525015292012-06-21T20:50:03.600-07:002012-06-21T20:50:03.600-07:00They probably didn't attend class, but then ag...They probably didn't attend class, but then again, they don't have to attend class to gain the social capital that a high-status school confers. That's another thing that no one's talking about much--the two-tier system that this sets up.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-91409713539409164452012-06-20T23:25:48.284-07:002012-06-20T23:25:48.284-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Aurorahttp://aurora.edu.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-39036493850650466052012-06-20T18:17:40.285-07:002012-06-20T18:17:40.285-07:00"we have a group of privileged people who pre..."we have a group of privileged people who presumably reaped the benefits of face-to-face higher education in the humanities anxious to ensure that others do not receive the same benefits"<br /><br />This assumes that said privileged people actually bothered attending class rather than just collecting their gentlemen's Cs. Wasn't that Rick Perry's reasoning for trying to destroy higher education?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com