University-Industry Relations in the Market for Online Courses and Degrees

Steven Brint, Katrina Paxton-Jorgenson and Eric Vega

University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education from Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley

Abstract: The market for online courses and degrees has continued to grow in recent years in spite of an overall slowdown in the growth of Internet-related industries. Who will control the new market for online courses and degrees - universities or corporations, or will a division of labor emerge between the two? What are the advantages of universities and corporations in this new market, and what are their liabilities? Will widely-endorsed models of "blended" online learning, which require some face-to-face interaction, become the norm, or will most courses substitute chat rooms and bulletin boards for face-to-face interaction? This study investigates these questions.

Keywords: Higher Education; Technology; Information and Communication Technology; Instruction; On-line Teaching; Instructional Design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07-01
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