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In spite of reports indicating the growth of online learning, many traditional universities have been more or less uninterested in online education as a strategic initiative. Which is unfortunate. Online learning has the potential to not only reduce costs, but also to increase access to and effectiveness of education. Additionally, it has the potential to help universities transform existing teaching practices. Systemic innovation is the current key task of higher education. I’d suggest it is at least as important as research and teaching. However, it’s not a challenge that is being answered – Online higher education: “The main message appears to be that for-profit institutions offering 100% online programs such as University pf Phoenix Online and Kaplan are much better placed to expand over the future than public and private universities, who, partly because of faculty resistance and partly because of a wish to exploit the benefits of a physical campus, have neither the desire nor the capacity to expand rapidly into fully online learning.”