From Inside Higher Ed:
Graduate faculty members at Rutgers University at New Brunswick have
once again rejected administrators' plans to create more online degree
programs through a partnership with Pearson. Last October, faculty
members in the Graduate School blocked any new programs from being approved,
objecting to Pearson's share of tuition revenue -- 50 percent -- and an
"obscenity clause" in the contract that Pearson later clarified. On Wednesday, administrators introduced a new resolution
that, instead of blocking programs, tasked the executive vice president
with producing a report on the partnership with Pearson...
Instead of voting on the proposal, faculty members passed their own
resolution, 26-2 with two abstentions, to not even consider the
administration's suggestion...
Full article at: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/05/09/rutgers-graduate-faculty-rejects-online-degree-compromise
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