It is important to be able to measure how faculty can fare with non-traditional students and in non-traditional settings, though readers of this analysis should be cautious not to extrapolate UPX’s results to higher ed as a whole without taking note of some of the university’s controversial recent history.
However, as colleges struggle to identify their unique strengths in a time marked by an increased fracturing of a once-stable industry, the potential positive impact an exemplary in-person educator can have on a student is hard to dispute.