But what can colleges do when their students are the ones resisting change?

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Teagle Foundation grant recipients discuss how to get liberal arts students excited about online learning

NEW YORK — Administrators sometimes disagree with faculty members about the value of online education, and enthusiastic instructors sometimes clash with skeptics. But what can colleges do when their students are the ones resisting change?

The question emerged here last week as the Teagle Foundation, which supports liberal arts education, brought together grant recipients to provide updates on nine projects involving blended learning — face-to-face courses with some online content. The collaborative projects, many of which won’t conclude until 2017 and 2018, have attracted participation from more than 110 faculty members and staffers and 115 students at about 40 colleges and universities in 16 states.