The system is under attack from all sides - and rightly so. The Delta Project report lambasted colleges for doing a poor job of cost containment. Marc Scheer penned No Sucker Left Behind which exposes a system of education that is failing on all fronts - it's too expensive, there is no real access, and the quality is poor.
Many of us who integrate technology into our instruction have an especially difficult time staying focused on learning objectives and digging deeply enough for rigor, even if we don't like to admit it. It's the nature of our jobs. Since we work with entertaining, dynamic tools, it's too easy to become playful and veer off the track, overlooking the learning objectives.
With state budgets crippled, endowments declining, and requests for financial aid mounting, universities and colleges around the United States have sharply curtailed faculty hiring