The New York Times recently reported on the San Jose State’s Philosophy Department’s critique of online courses, as the university considers issuing credit for students who take and pass an edX online course taught by Professor Michael Sandel. However, one thing that’s often been missed in the reporting is that San Jose State is pioneering…
Month: May 2013
Dismay at the Book Burning Professors
Yesterday, I was dismayed to find out two professors in the meteorology department at San Jose had posted a picture of themselves about to set fire to a book, presumably because they disagreed with its contents. The picture was taken down but not before it was captured, because the idea of professors literally — not…