Distractions, Disruptions, and Distance Learning - Jay Halfond, Huffington Post

Distance learning is likely to impact the health of some of America's academic institutions. Most higher education is local, and likely to remain so. Many schools have enjoyed geographic exclusivity. But the age of regional monopolies is rapidly closing. We are all in each other's territory now. As the public becomes more savvy consumers of ecommerce, the expectations for distance education will rise. Not every school will have the ability to vie for fully online degree students or to defend their local turf from those carpetbagger schools able to deliver high quality distance learning. Colleges that cannot compete could face death by a thousand cuts. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-halfond/distractions-disruptions-_b_4769358.html