Engineering Online Degree | Online Program Protested
Did you hear about the protests going on at Florida Tech?
Seems that the Dean of the School of Business, David Steele was fired recently.
It’s alleged (by other faculty members) that he was fired because he disagreed with the board of
trustees over an online undergraduate business degree program the schools was starting.
The students are protesting his firing, and the online program, saying that
all that will be required for an online degree is a high school diploma and
students being 22 years of age or older.
The university says that it already has an online MBA program, and that the
standards for admission to the undergraduate program have not yet be defined.
The program is scheduled to begin in January 2008.
My opinion?
Well, from were I sit in my online degree dorm room, I can understand the student’s point,but
I think the protests are a little premature. I think the university should be given the chance
to determine the adimission requirements and then lets see if those requirements really impact
the traditional progams.
Those students (and faculty it seems) should take a look around. They’d see that a big part
of the future of education will distance and online learning programs.
Just my humble opinion 
Ben
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