Funding For Higher Education in Distance E-Learning

Funding For Higher Education in Distance E-Learning

Dana Leshock
OMDE 606 Section 9040
21 February 2016

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Meyer (2008) and Rumble (2007) debates give a great justification on how to allocate
the proper funding for Higher Education. For Rumble's debate, he looks for reasoning to
help support unrestricted education, and how it will help distance education for future.
About Meyer's debate, she looks at how institutions can fund a "right" to higher
education and increase the online learning (p. 64).
According to Rumbles (2007) debate he discusses how with so many people
living bad lives there is an urgent need for a morality of humanity that counteracts
libertarian thinking (p. 168). With the correct funding more and more individuals will be
able to attend distance education courses. According to Rumble (2007), he feels that the
government should help fund distance education for all individuals who are unable to
afford to further their careers and for those who are leading towards a path in the wrong
direction. This is a great mind to help the government find the correct funding to help
Higher Education in distance learning. Unfortunately taxation of residents will have to
pay more, but in the long run, it will help schools financially, it will help residents earn a
better degree to make better choices in life, and it will help our country. If the
government does not find the correct way to fund education system, the American people
will suffer more with the raise of tuition and fees that are endured. If more and more
students attend school with online resources, accessing college online would be more
beneficial and cost efficient if being taken online. During many times in the readings of
Rumble, he mentions how attending the online distance education system is the most
efficient way to how low the cost is to receive your higher educational degree. For
individuals that are unable to afford the attending face-to-face universities, this would be
the most beneficial opportunity for them.

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According to Meyer's (2008) many states have seen a rapid decline and financial security
in higher education system. Many states have started to cut school funding and have had
a quick descent in enrollment rates for higher education in 2001. With a rapid decrease in
high school graduates, Meyer addresses that certain states will be able to use the
resources to help out of state students attend online learning. The problem with this
scenario, states that have seen a major decline in population can also see a decrease in
state funding. If most states decide to address the needs of online learning according to
Meyer (2008) higher education has the potential of online learning. This can help by making it
cost-efficient for themselves and beneficial to students, the promise of a steady revenue stream
may help motivate and fuel the process (p. 65).

For both Rumble and Meyer, they both give a great debate on how cost active
states can be when trying to address more growth and allocations for funding higher
education. Many governments to include over seas have made a decision that traditional
controls are not adequate for the quality assurance that is needed to handle learning.
Many schools have had torture and turmoil from the possibility of being closed due to
funding. Both Rumble and Meyer give excellent examples and general data for cities and
how most of this general information and costs does not associate with the education
system. Unfortunately with Rumbles information and beliefs, he only is providing
sufficient empirical data to help his argument instead of giving a libertarian approach. I
am going through this current situation on Fort Hood and the Killeen ISD. They are
closing a few schools and also each grade level at eight schools will lose a teaching
position because funding and student ratio is down. Because of this situation the city of
Killeen, will be utilizing one of the lower education facilities to transform this school into

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a higher education facility for local high school and college students looking to better
their career.

I think that one of the main focuses of both these papers that I have read is to
address how important higher education is and that the government agencies need to help
support and fund this system. Without the proper funding, schools should be lowering the
cost to make it more efficient for students to enroll and receive the proper education they
need. When more students apply and enroll in the distance education, then local schools
should and will address the needs for tuition and fees. If someone who believes in getting
a better education whether it is online or face-to-face, then the government should be able
to help no matter what. Yes taxation is going to make taxpayers infuriated, but in the
years to come, it will help others make a better choice in the life they want to lead.
Distance education has taken to the realm as being one of the cheapest ways to
attend and obtain your educational degree instead of going face-to-face inside a
classroom. As people made more and more changes to their educational background, you
can see more
a libertarianism view began to immerge, people started to note that funding for distance
education would be a better option. I feel that both Meyer and Rumble did a pretty good
job discussing why distance learning should be implemented and who should be
responsible for its payment.

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References:

ERIC - Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Recent Progress;

Challenges Ahead., 1998-Oct. (n.d.). Retrieved February 21,
2016, from http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED453720
Meyer, K. A. (2008). If Higher Education is a Right, and Distance
Education is the Answer, Then Who Will Pay? Journal of
Asynchronous Learning Networks, 12(1), 45-68.
Rumble, G. (2007). Social justice, economics and distance education.
Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning,
22(2), 167 -176.