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| The seminary needs a new coat of paint. |
In Phoenix I moved from taking computer science classes at the community college to teaching there. One teacher - a favorite - mentioned the University of Phoenix, where he also taught. Soon I was trying out to teach there - the initial person, Janie Sullivan, serving on the panel testing the newbies. She became the final editor of almost all my books.
When UOP began forcing DEI on faculty members, I requested no more class assignments. (Our cul-de-sac of 10 houses has four separate ethnic groups; we put the D in diversity.)
In two decades I saw UOP add online courses and finally drop face-to-face classes altogether. They are merging into the University of Idaho now.
When I was earning the MA in education (online, of course), I argued that online would become the biggest part of career education. Few people could work fulltime and finish a graduate degree. Even the people who worked fulltime for UOP usually took the online version.
At one state university the students were taking their online classes while staying in the dorms, shutting down a lot of classroom courses. The school had to limit campus residents online. Some of us found that hilarious.
The online movement in LCMS higher education seems to be - Close It Down. They keep giving up on historic colleges, like Selma. NYC had one which another entity quickly took over. Two are in crisis mode.
- The Oregon campus is being sued for $300 million over its fatal union with HotChalk (online software).
- The Texas campus is thumbing its nose at the national convention.
The itty-bitties are no better off - WELS, ELS, CLC (sic), ELDONUTs. The fatal combination is:
- Much smaller classes
- Higher costs making classes even smaller
- Building maintenance devouring the budgets.
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| Here is another LCMS battle - Concordia, Mequon. |
