EMU union against online degrees

[cookderosa]

I would have expected no less from a faculty union. This threatens their job security. As to whether or not it will have any teeth and cause EMU to back down? It will get headlines for a while, the public will be outraged for 5 minutes, and then EMU will do whatever is necessary to sustain the university - which likely includes launching an online division. Teachers will complain that the university sold out, that students are being short-changed, and that the state of today's education isn't what it used to be. Which is, of course, not entirely false- but technology in education is here and growing, not slowing.