Education Philosophy & Social Aspects
Digital Diploma Mills
The Automation of Higher Education
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2002
- Category
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Automation
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896357546
- Publish Date
- Jan 2002
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Many students in North America today study and take courses through computer delivered or “distance” education. Universities, colleges, and governments seem to believe that these kinds of education are problem free. They claim they offer a great solution to tighter budgets and larger numbers of students. But beware, says David Noble, “Are these new opportunities for students or new opportunities for investors to profit?”
About the author
David Franklin Noble (July 22, 1945 – December 27, 2010) was a critical historian of technology, science and education, best known for his groundbreaking work on the social history of automation. In his final years he taught in the Division of Social Science, and the department of Social and Political Thought at York University in Toronto. Noble held positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Smithsonian Institution and Drexel University, as well as many visiting professorships.