At a time when college degrees are increasingly a prerequisite for middle-class wages, less than 40 percent of college students are able to demonstrate proficiency on literacy tests, barely half of college students graduate on time, and many do not graduate at all. At the same time. the price of college continues to increase quickly and…

A discussion of the implications of computer-based technology on educational policies and procedures looks at a variety of issues, including faculty and student use of time, faculty workload, credits, enrollment and scheduling, course objectives and assessment, resource allocation, pedagogical research, and libraries. (MSE)