University of Ill. virtual campus flounders

[Brian Crawford]

Thank goodness it was only $9 million.  Other cases have been much worse.    They got off cheaply.  I don't know the specifics but I assume the jackasses in charge had no distance learning experience.  I assume that things were stated in lofty terms with high ideals and nobody wanted to put their asses in drive and do the work.

Developing an existing course to present on the internet should take all of a long weekend.  Distance programs don't sell themselves.  Marketing is a big cost.  Brick and mortar schools don't face direct competition so breaking into the distance field means you have to offer something they can't find 100 other places.

I'm sure the jackasses thought it was all gravy.  They entered the market as the 500th player.  They have to impress people on service or price.  I didn't know they existed.

I'm always amazed how some individual can start up a school from nothing and end up with accreditation and 10,000 students within 10 years.  The problem is simply being blinded by their owned perceived greatness.  Applying the brick and mortar model with the lazy ass professors and bloated administration doesn't fly.

What about the United States open University.  Those assholes lost $20 million.

http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002020501u.htm

Here's a listing of about $1 billion worth of losers.  Too bad the arseholes in charge of the U of Illinois program didn't know how to google.

http://nettskolen.nki.no/in_english/mega...kage6.html

Then there was UK e–University which blew $100 million, spending a big chunk of that on developing computer programs when there are many existing platforms.  Some schools use Moodle which is absolutely free and seems to work well.

http://moodle.org/

George Gollin (George Dana Gollin, George D. Gollin) could not have explianed to them how to do a web search on Google. The only thing he knows how to use is www.samspade.com and public records, and web archive searching for his "connecting the dots" as he boasts so much. His employer must have parental controls in place on his PC.

Oh wait, that can't be the case or he wouldn't have been able to post on pedophile pander's www.degreeinfo.com