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bemildred

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6. Where you have the profit motive, you will have scams and other games played.

Reply to jody (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 09:23 AM

Sep 2012

Therefore, the profit motive is not appropriate in an educational situation, which is essentailly altruistic, or should be.

Therefore, teachers should be paid, and well, but schools should be non-profit and preferably with fixed and guaranteed funding.

The use of degrees to determine eligibility for jobs, of course, is part of the problem too.

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Online classes: The baby formula of higher education [View all] bemildred Sep 2012 OP

At least for analytical classes exboyfil Sep 2012 #1

It has its place. But that place is not every place, as you point out. bemildred Sep 2012 #2

Distance Learning (DL) courses will replace classroom courses except for some in science and jody Sep 2012 #3

Yep, teachers are knowledge workers. bemildred Sep 2012 #4

See DU thread "How to succeed in college without even trying!" at: jody Sep 2012 #5

Where you have the profit motive, you will have scams and other games played. bemildred Sep 2012 #6

Online Classes Replacement with Online Courses. GMR Transcription Dec 2012 #7