I just posted a blog post on this, so I thought I'd share it with everyone! It basically shows the importance of this class in a nutshell. Check it out!
When it
comes to advancing goals, objectives, and agendas, groups that are well
organized, and consequently well funded, will eventually triumph over the
unorganized, underrepresented, and underfunded.
these groups network across the social, cultural, and political divide in
shoring up mutual interests (business, corporate, and labor) to advance their
agenda of a world without borders.
faculty and students work on "knowledge problematics" not in rigid disciplines and departments, in which knowledge is produced and disseminated in ways that are multivalent, truly interdisciplinary, and conspicuously cognizant of their contingency?
"Knowledge problematics," "truly interdisciplinary;" I'd say this is the definiton of our class. Do you think all humanities classes should be like this class?
This was probably a rhetorical question, but I don't. I believe that our economy will adjust accordingly. Just because the media industry is changing dramatically, doesn't mean people are giving away free food, free houses, free services. I feel this is just an adaptation, not a complete economical revolution.
An interesting article I found in the paper this morning about what is being done by these institutions to increase the use of technology in post secondary education. All content will be free.