AAMU SHOULD OFFER MORE COURSES UTILIZING DISTANCE LEARNING

Alabama A&M University has come a long way.From its modest beginning in 1875,the university has grown to enviable heights.It is remarkable that its long period of existence notwithstanding,AAMU remains very conservative.Almost all of its courses are offered on campus.A lot of people argue that this has helped to retain the high academic standard of the university.Such people believe that offering more courses utilizing distance learning may ultimately water down the already established academic standard of the university.Such argument may contain certain elements of truth.The arguments notwithstanding,I believe it would be good for the university to offer more courses utilizing distance learning.

The world is increasingly becoming a village as a result of technological developments.By offering more courses which utilize distance learning,AAMU would be able to exploit this technological advancement to its benefit.There is no doubt that more students would be attracted to the university as problems associated with constant journeys to the campus would be eliminated to a very large degree.What this means is that the revenue base of the university would also appreciate.In as much as generating revenue is not the main reason for setting up a university,money remains very important in ensuring the maintenance of acceptable academic standards.

Moreover,offering more courses which utilize the distance learning would create employment for several classes of people.With the expected increament in student population,more staff and faculty would also be needed to accommodate this increment.

On a personal note,offering more courses which utilize distance learning would benefit me immensely.I would stop shuttling to the university campus each day to receive my lectures from my home which is far from the campus.Additionally,I would save a lot of money which hitherto,I had spent on transportation.

Expectedly,embracing the program would not lower the quality of education since a lot of machinery can be put in motion to make sure that fraudsters do not exploit the opportunity.