Online Education, With Great Investment, Can Provide Extraordinary Opportunities for Students and Faculty - James Goldgeier, Huffington Post

In recent months, news has emerged from universities around the country indicating that a significant level of skepticism remains about online education. When we first examined the possibility of working with an external provider to deliver graduate education three years ago at the School of International Service at American University, we shared the same instincts, alongside many of our faculty colleagues. After all, how could online education be as beneficial to students as being in the same room and on the same campus with one another and with their professors? Remarkably, we have found that it can be as beneficial, and that it has certain unique advantages. But this level of success requires a tremendous investment of resources, creativity and ambition to ensure that we meet our commitment as faculty and administrators to those students whose professional or family responsibilities or location do not allow them to enroll on campus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-james-goldgeier/online-education-with-gre_b_6288764.html