On May 10th, Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) president Robert Meister (pictured) sent the following open letter to Coursera founder Daphne Koller:
An Open Letter to Daphne Koller,
Co-founder and co-president of Coursera and Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Dear Professor Koller,
Because I share your vision of creating a world in which all have access to an excellent and empowering education, I would like to propose a new online course for you to make freely available through the Coursera platform. Its title is “The Implications of Coursera’s For-Profit Business Model for Global Public Education.”
The goal of the course…
