karanbagla Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 191. The following is a letter from a professor at Xanadu College to the college's president. "The development of an extensive computer-based long-distance learning program will enhance the reputation of Xanadu College. This program would allow more students to enroll in our courses, thereby increasing our income from student tuition. Traditional courses could easily be adapted for distance learners, as was shown by the adaptation of two traditional courses for our distance learning trial project last year. Also, by using computer programs and taped lectures, faculty will have fewer classroom obligations and more time to engage in extensive research, thereby enhancing the reputation of Xanadu." A good course can certainly improve the reputation of a college if the college provides a quality education to the students enrolled. But, the assumption of the author that by developing an extensive computer-based-long distance learning program will improve the reputation of Xanadu college is not at all practical. The second assumption which weakens the topic is adaptation of traditional courses which is based on the success of the trial project last year. Firstly, the author's first assumption is not based on any facts. A college cannot enhance its reputation just by developing a new distance learning course. The reputation of a college consists of the quality of teaching, result oriented education, regular interaction with students etc. A college cannot improve its reputation by developing more and more courses. The reputation of the college depends on how the courses offered are handled by the college, it depends on the quality of the education provided. Here the author seems to be more concerned about the income of the college rather than the quality of education provided to the students. Again a college cant improve its reputation by enrolling more numbers of students. It could be possible that the best colleges may have less number of students as compared to other colleges. And then also they are reputed ones just because the quality of the education they provide. Secondly, the author is assuming that the adaptation of the distance learning project for traditional courses previous year shows that the college can adapt more traditional courses, which is ludicrous. First and foremost there are no data provided based on which it can be said that more and more traditional courses can be adapted in the present year too. There is no information whether the traditional courses adapted previous year were a success or a failure.And its not necessary that the students will be interested in traditional courses only for the computer based distance learning course. Hereby, to enhance the reputation of a college what matters is the quality of education and not the quantity of students. Hi Friends, Please give comments on this essay, and let me know where i have to improve also how much will i score on this essay. Thanks -Karan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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