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Why I Came Around to Online Learning

Why I Came Around to Online Learning
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Rob Jenkins
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In May of 2011, I wrote the following words in the Chronicle of Higher Education: “Online learning has become the third rail in American higher-education politics: Step on it and you’re toast.” In so doing, I planted my foot squarely on that electrified third rail.

Rob Jenkins
Rob Jenkins
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Rob Jenkins is an associate professor of English at Georgia State University—Perimeter College and a higher education fellow at Campus Reform. He is the author or co-author of six books, including “Think Better, Write Better,” “Welcome to My Classroom,” and “The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders.” In addition to Brownstone Institute and Campus Reform, he has written for Townhall, The Daily Wire, American Thinker, PJ Media, The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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