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MIT Master's Program To Use MOOCs As 'Admissions Test' (chronicle.com)
jyosim writes: In what could usher a new way of doing college admissions at elite colleges, MIT is experimenting with weighing MOOC performance as proof that students should be accepted to on-campus programs. The idea is to fix the "inexact science" of sorting through candidates from all over the world. And it gives students a better sense of what they're getting into: "When you buy a car, you take a test drive. Wouldn't it be a great value for prospective students to take a test course before they apply?" said one academic blogger.
Somebody had to do it.
Also, shame on submitter / editor for not including acronym expansion.
Yeah, I hate it when they use acronyms like CPU, RAM, SSD, and other jargon without expansion. I can't understand why they would expect this crowd to know what these terms mean.
-- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
AICCFAWTEAAOFU*
*Also, it's common courtesy for a writer to explain an acronym on first use.