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impact on faculty, students and program administration should be a matter of concern and further
examination by relevant academic and professional accrediting organizations.
An important part of any such investigation should be to assess if there is a disparity in
the treatment of online delivery versus face to face, and if so why. In other words, is there
distrust of the online environment in the academy, and is there cause for concern or is the issue
just a resistance to or concern about change. This evaluation is critical in the face of the rush to
online education noted at the beginning of this paper.
About the Authors
Manfred F. Meine is a professor of public administration at Troy University.
Thomas P. Dunn is an assistant professor of sociology at Troy University.
Robert Abbey is an associate professor of public administration at Troy University.
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