Dive Summary:
- In an email to faculty, Yale College Dean Mary Miller revealed the establishment of a committee intended to analyze the future of online education and the undergraduate program's role in the sector.
- The committee will discuss potential for-credit courses and possible partnerships with online learning platforms while striving to maintain the integrity of its traditional experience in order to submit a recommendation to the administration by the end of the year.
- Yale University currently offers 42 free, not-for-credit courses through Yale Open Courses and projects to offer 12 for-credit courses in the Yale Summer Session program as opposed to 8 this past summer.
From the article:
"... On Friday, Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced the formation of a committee on online education in an email to faculty members. Committee members will consider the future of Yale’s online courses by analyzing national trends and collecting feedback on the University’s current offerings: Open Yale Courses and Yale Summer Session Online.
'Given what is happening around the country, I hope that the committee can explore whether there are ways to continue to expand the number of students around the country and the world who could benefit from the outstanding teaching of Yale faculty without diminishing the experience for our matriculated Yale College students or diverting the efforts of the faculty,' Miller wrote in the Friday email. ..."
