An “academic earthquake” in the form of online education will throw higher education into a new era of change, but USC welcomes the challenge, said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in his annual addresses to faculty and staff on Feb. 10 and 13.
Acknowledging that “our children are inheriting a world that functions like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before,” Nikias emphasized that USC must build on its strengths as American universities grapple with an increasingly altered landscape.
“Some say [online education] is the end of the lecture hall as we know it. Some predict that only a few super-universities will survive,” he said. While some institutions are bracing for the worst or struggling to keep up, he noted that USC is not “copying or chasing anyone else.” Trends come and go, he added, but USC has found its own quality online learning model.
Read the full article on the address at USC News.