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a new report written by the former presidents of two prominent traditional universities on behalf of the nonprofit Ithaka S+R.
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However, these innovative colleges have shown less interest in using the novel medium to curb tuition charges and measure learning outcomes.
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"Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education," was co-written by Lawrence S. Bacow and William G. Bowen, the former presidents of Tufts and Princeton Universities, respectively, along with several Ithaka analysts. It was bankrolled by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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objective was to assess the potential roadblocks that might prevent these traditional institutions from adopting sophisticated, “machine guided” learning tools into their curriculums
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The most frequently cited motivation for adopting online programs was “the desire to generate new revenue streams,” they write.
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“Very few are using either savings from online education or the net incremental revenue to reduce the price of education to students,”
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Neither has a belief in superior pedagogical opportunities played much of a role in the decision of traditional institutions to push their curriculums on to the Web.
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potential obstacles to the widespread adoption of such systems -- most revolving around faculty skepticism
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professors might not be keen to use automated tutorials that they cannot add to and remix based on their own styles and tastes.