Things will be different. Things are different. Because of the Internet. We notice these differences more in the areas of commerce, finance, entertainment, and news than we do in education. But the changes are there and more are coming.
What's likely to happen:
 | More and more universities will offer instruction online |
| More and more students will choose to study and pursue degrees at their own pace on their own schedule |
| More and more faculty will offer classes for a university without ever setting foot on the campus |
| Universities will behave more and more like certification agents putting students in electronic touch with freelance faculty members and freelanced courses and giving the contact institutional legitimacy |
At the same time
| Universities will continue to drift towards being businesses |
| The curriculum will more and more have the appearance of training programs |
Why I'm not depressed
| I'm still teaching; so long as I have the ear of a student, he or she will hear about education | ||||
| I can teach electronically, a fact that gives me intellectual freedom if not the guarantee of a salary | ||||
| While contracting with universities for their livelihood, teachers of the future will be
able also to offer classes for the pure joy of teaching to students who are taking the
classes for the pure joy of learning
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| The 'Net will become the last refuge of the academy |
