Technology to Reinvent the University?

This article, by Jack Stripling focuses on how college administrators are turning to technology to cut excessive spending on their campuses. Mark Yudof (president of the University of California) and Carol Twigg (president and chief executive of the National Center for Academic Transformation) discuss how online courses can cut costs by as much as 37 percent. http://chronicle.come/article/Governing-Boards-Turn-to/127023/ While online classes are seen as a solution to the financial hardship of many institutions, they could ultimately become a double-edge sword. The increase of online classes could eventually result in the decrease of quality education. It could also result in hundreds, if not thousands, of professors losing their jobs.