tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280536689325455583.post6631325642661860859..comments2023-07-23T20:11:12.369-06:00Comments on Professional Society of Academics: From Motor City to Mind City: Combining Union, Professional and Co-operative Association in Michigan Higher EducationShawn Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02114757012010010480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280536689325455583.post-15755147939814670562014-05-13T15:34:30.055-06:002014-05-13T15:34:30.055-06:00Hello Reid,
I am pleased you endorse the PSA mode...Hello Reid,<br /><br />I am pleased you endorse the PSA model. It is a viable online or offline (face-to-face) alternative to the current circumstance. In an online form of PSA the use of technology remains in the hands of individual (associated) academics, which keeps the teacher/student ratios much lower than the now favoured institutional MOOC response to rising costs and reduced access, while it allows many more academics to earn a living and control their own work. In a face-to-face implementation of the model the advantages to academics remain, while local tax-base and commerce stand to increase in ways not really possible with an online implementation.<br /><br />With PSA there are options, possibilities outside the institutional box. If you decide to run with the model and there is any way I can help, please do not hesitate to contact me.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />ShawnShawn Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114757012010010480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280536689325455583.post-35411161305546944442014-05-13T13:33:27.692-06:002014-05-13T13:33:27.692-06:00As founder and director of the Adjunct Faculty Uni...As founder and director of the Adjunct Faculty Union, I fully support and would help Greenberg, Schuman, and so many others establish the first cooperative online university in the United States. I was author and coordinator of the City College of Fort Lauderdale Institutional Effectiveness Plan, and I think this is a seriously needed and workable business model for higher education in the twenty-first century. Reid Friedson, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339207730761843443noreply@blogger.com