By Kate Jelly, Daily News
UCSB faculty members held a forum yesterday to discuss the increasingly tenuous position of higher education. Following the success of last year’s “The Future of the University” series, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center is hosting a new string of lectures on the UC Commission on the Future — which was created to address the University’s financial woes. Yesterday’s discussion detailed the advantages and disadvantages of online college courses, the higher education gap and omnipotent budgetary problems. Kim McShane-DeBacco, Instructional Development Consultant, said a blend of traditional and online teaching methods are needed in a college learning environment.
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