Distance Learning as Commercializing Higher Education

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Author(s): Gary A. Berg (California State University Channel Islands, USA)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 3
Source title: Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence A. Tomei (Robert Morris University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch240

Keywords: Distance Education / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Abstract

Since computer-based learning can involve partnerships with for-profit organizations, be viewed as a route to increased revenue, and potentially be used to reduce labor expenses, it is naturally tied to what is often described as the commercialization of higher education, or what Slaughter and Leslie (1997) term “academic capitalism.”

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