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...general public on iTunes U, a service that allows colleges and universities to distribute educational content over the Internet. The Extension School, which is one of the three schools comprised by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), should be applauded for this innovative project, which will further the school??s mission to provide continuing education to the general public. But for courses offered in the other two schools of FAS—the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)—publicly available course videos would not be helpful, and would probably...
...into a “traditional” degree pattern—from those who want to finish their undergraduate degree later in life to those who simply want to take a course for fun—to fulfill their educational goals. Because the Extension School??s target audience includes the general public just as much as currently enrolled extension students, featuring videos of extension courses online is a sensible and creative way of inviting the public to study at the Extension School...
This is not to say, of course, that all courses offered to GSAS and College students should be the exclusive province of these closed communities. The mission of the Extension School??to provide higher education to a broad swath of the general public—is urgent and worthy enough to be shared by the entire University, at least through avenues that would not detract from the learning of other Harvard students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, offers unlimited access to syllabi, handouts, and other non-sensitive course documents on its Web site. FAS should...
Expanding learning opportunity for all people is one of the most pressing challenges facing higher education today, and we strongly support Harvard’s efforts—and especially those of the Extension School??in this regard. This is one case, however, in which what is good for one school is far less desirable for another. College and GSAS courses should be more publicly accessible, but relaxing video access restrictions isn?...
Petri Professor of Law Einer R. Elhauge ’82 added that though he doesn’t think Harvard “could find anyone better to be president,” he hopes that “for the law school??s sake, we don’t lose her to the university...