All economies under stress, as most of the world’s are in 2010, look to reduce expenditure and raise revenue. Universities have long ceased to be ivory towers, above such grubby concerns. As debate polarises around student fees/debt, quality and range of degree curricula, and young adults decide for financial/debt reasons, not to go away for 3 or so years, it’s time to wonder if future universities are almost entirely on-line, but harnessing an old idea.

Correspondence Courses: An Idea That Worked

Correspondence courses are old fashioned. They have been around, in Britain certainly, for over 200 years and were a means for people to improve their minds, gain qualifications they wouldn’t ordinarily have had or to enhance a hobby or interest. Isaac Pitman offered typing lessons from a distance in the 1840s. The University of London first offered a degree through an external programme in 1858, and after that the development of postal services ensured success for such ventures.

"Home Study" took off, a continuation of the British Victorian ethic of hard work and self-improvement, as in adult evening classes and education institutes. May’s Correspondence College, headquartered in east London, was founded in 1894 and was still going in the late 1970s. Students worked through a book or folder of instruction, tackled set tasks, and posted work to a tutor who marked and returned.

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