David Wheeler : Internet - less full - time professors are an endangered species . Wheeler : blamed it on the fervor for large - scale online education initiatives . He believes colleges are embracing online courses for cost - cutting reasons . Wheeler : But in the long term they will destroy America 's higher education system .
David Wheeler : Tenure-track full-time professors are an endangered species . Wheeler : Blame it on the fervor for large-scale online education initiatives . He says colleges are embracing online courses for cost-cutting reasons . Wheeler : But in the long term they could destroy America 's higher education system .