End of the University as we know it?

[IrishJohn]

Although introductory biology and chemistry are offered online, that doesn't mean it is the best way. It is a dilution of education.

I think that's a subjective opinion that will not hold up as these changes take effect and more folks are given the option to use alternatives to traditional classes. These course have been offered online now for years and before this Biology 101 and Chemistry 101 could be done by CLEP. Heck, years ago back in the early 1990s my local community college had both of these as online options, with labs being done on-campus. Now you can do both the classwork and labs online.

You think an introductory course in nursing could be completed online? Are you a nurse? There are schools offering pharmacology online with unproctored exams. Academic integrity is more important in some courses of study than other.

I think it may be possible, to what degree I wouldn't know. I imagine there will be some offline source utilized for hands-on instruction and labs that are needed. Given the lack of funding and the need to bring costs down to remain competitive I expect schools will become quite creative in working out the problems. For starters I doubt unproctored exams in pharmacology or anything else will survive for long. IMO this includes ALEKS.