Middlebury Faculty Seeks to Cut Ties With Online-Education Company
Wired Campus 2014-05-21
Summary:
The faculty at Middlebury College last week took a stand against the Vermont institution’s partnership with K12, an online-education company that has been helping the college turn its reputation as a language-instruction mecca into a business venture.
The professors voted, 95 to 16, to end the relationship with the company.
“The business practices of K12 Inc. are at odds with the integrity, reputation, and educational mission of the college,” wrote Paula Schwartz, a professor of French, in her r...