Online, Cheap -- and Elite
Lindsay McKenzie,
Inside Higher Ed,
Mar 20, 2018
This article summarizes an analysis of Georgia Tech's online master's in computer science published in Education Next ("a journal focused on school reform") which suggests that the experiment was a success. According to the authors, it attracted students who would not have enrolled in the program and paid the fees - "working adults who can't commit to full-time graduate study." But it might be a result that doesn't replicate. "Udacity was in its early stages and eager to partner with postsecondary institutions (they don't anymore) and AT&T was seeking to fund the development of such a program. "Neither of these conditions remains true today."
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