People are arguing that " arguing how the rush to "online" learning is going to leave students behind, "lead to failure" and that the move to online will deepen the inequality fault-lines between, and within our universities," writes Suellen Shay. But "the bigger reality is that we have been leaving students behind for decades. We are characterised as a sector by high drop-out and low throughput... we have been leaving 30-50% of our students behind for decades now." And the argument is unhelpful; it provides us with no solutions. (Note that if the website throws an ad barrier, you can choose the 'journalists should go hungry' option (in light gray at the bottom) for free access - no need to worry, the author is a university professor and won't go hungry.)
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