Steve Krause hits the nail on the head with this one. Several nails. In elite education, he argues, "taking classes is just not what it's all about... it's also a whole lifestyle of dorms or near campus apartments, sporting events, frats and sororities and clubs, parties, beautiful buildings and campuses, etc." Also, "elite universities don't like online classes because they are not the college experience (see above) and they still believe online classes are for poor people." And that creates a challenge. Because, yes, higher education institutions will need government support, and government support isn't going to include funding for sporting events, frats and sororities and clubs, parties, beautiful buildings and campuses. At a certain point, people are going to realize that the problems of equity exist not so much in online learning as they do in the higher education system in general.
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