Comments on: UNC governors hear campus impact of expected cuts http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/07/unc-governors-hear-campus-impact-of-expected-cuts/ Real Estate, Development, and Construction News in the Charlotte Area Mon, 13 May 2013 18:41:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hope4Change http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/07/unc-governors-hear-campus-impact-of-expected-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-3021 Hope4Change Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:06:23 +0000 http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/07/unc-governors-hear-campus-impact-of-expected-cuts/#comment-3021 One has to question why the UNC system doesn't take more advantage of distance learning. Under DL, courses could be delivered rather than cut. Professorial costs per course would plummet. The fiber network (NCREN) is already in place waiting to be further used. Campus presidents need to stop protecting their brick and mortar and embrace the future. Other states do and are far ahead of North Carolina already. One has to question why the UNC system doesn’t take more advantage of distance learning.

Under DL, courses could be delivered rather than cut. Professorial costs per course would plummet. The fiber network (NCREN) is already in place waiting to be further used.

Campus presidents need to stop protecting their brick and mortar and embrace the future. Other states do and are far ahead of North Carolina already.

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