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Originally Posted by Klinglerware
Even the Ivy League is getting into the act. The latest trend is to beef up the "extension school" courses with more unabashedly non-liberal arts, professional and "executive" post-bacc certificate and MA programs.
It's a shocking dilution of quality, but it sure has money making potential: there is little overhead since these programs are mostly taught by adjuncts and other part-timers, and you don't have to offer financial aid, since these programs will attract more than enough students who want the cachet of an Ivy League name on their resume and are willing to pay (or get their employers to pay) full freight...
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Schools are also opening satellite campuses around the country and globe. I think the days of the brick & mortar and "selectivity" educational model- outside of those getting Phds and professional schools- that colleges and universities have are going to be coming to an end in the not too far future.