Advice to Baruch College

Baruch has done a decent job so far, especially in relation to most colleges, in using new media to advance its goals and curriculum. Blackboard in itself is a combination of many new media tools and has been integrated pretty well. If every teacher understood how to use blackboard everyone would be much better off, so the first thing I would do is have a seminar for all teachers so they can learn blackboard inside and out.

The next thing I would do is have every class recorded and posted online. The main advantage in this is obvious in the fact that kids would always be able to access the information taught in their classes. A secondary advantage, which could end up being more important, is that it would hold teachers much more accountable. Often teachers don't want to be there or teach just as much as the students don't and the class ends up being nothing short of pathetic. Teacher accountability is of utmost importance and the only way to drastically improve our system of education.