Promoting College Togetherness
October 14, 2015
10/10/15 – Two respected educators have argued in Issues that higher education can be most effective by adopting “blended learning” that captures the best of online and face-to-face instruction. Extending this idea, David Brooks of the New York Times suggests that as technology makes the transmission of information “a commodity,” colleges should emphasize those things that require physical proximity, including moral and spiritual development, declaring: “Very few of us cultivate our souls as hermits. We do it through small groups and relationships and in social contexts.”