E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

Last week there was an interesting news item about Amherst College. The faculty decided not to join the EdX Consortium.

The first interesting thing is that the president didn't want to make the final decision:

Amherst President Carolyn (Biddy) Martin left the final decision about the deal in the hands of her faculty. She expressed public support for working with edX but said she saw risks either way.