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Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education programs now dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过)

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问题     Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education programs now dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过) even the largest state university teachers’ colleges.
    A USA TODAY analysis of newly released U.S. Department of Education data finds that four big universities, operating mostly online, have quickly become the largest education schools in the USA. Last year the four — three of which are for-profit — awarded one in 16 bachelor’s degrees and post-graduate awards and nearly one in 11 advanced education awards, including master’s degrees and doctorates.
    A decade ago, the for-profit University of Phoenix awarded 72 education degrees to teachers, administrators and other school personnel through its online program, according to federal data. Last year, it awarded nearly 6,000 degrees, more than any other university.
    Traditional colleges still produce most of the bachelor’s degrees in teaching — ASU topped the list with 979 bachelor’s degrees in 2011. But online schools such as Phoenix and Walden University awarded thousands more master’s degrees than even the top traditional schools, all of which are pushing to offer online coursework.
    "We shouldn’t be surprised because the whole industry is moving in that direction," said Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. "The thing I would be interested in knowing is the degree to which they are simply pushing these things out in order to generate dollars or whether there’s some real innovation in there."
    For-profit universities have been the subject of intense scrutiny in Congress. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, last week released findings from a two-year investigation showing that they cost more than comparable not-for-profit schools and have higher dropout rates. For-profits, the investigation found, enroll about 10% of U.S. college students but account for nearly 50% of student loan defaults.
    Online education schools, many of which have open-enrollment policies similar to community colleges, say their offerings are high quality.
    Janet Williams, interim associate dean for educator licensure programs at Walden’s Richard W Riley College of Education & Leadership, said her student-teachers must undergo a full semester in a real-live K-12 school as a "demonstration teacher," paired with a master teacher and supervisor in the school district.
    Meredith Curley, dean of the University of Phoenix College of Education, said many students are returning to complete their education after starting families and changing careers. Their average age is 33, she said, and many work while they attend classes. Becky Lodewyck, Phoenix’s associate dean, said teaching candidates must complete at least 100 hours of field experience. She said online classes are "incredibly dynamic" and have the potential to hold students more accountable than face-to-face classes. "You can’t hide," she said. "Everyone participates — everyone has to be fully engaged in the work."
What was Robert Pianta interested in?
选项 A、Whether the expanded online schools have some real innovation.
B、Whether students can learn something new from those online schools.
C、Whether those online schools can get a big profit from expansion.
D、Whether the online schools will move in the same direction.
答案A
解析 第5段提到，弗吉尼亚大学教育学院的主任罗伯特.皮亚塔提到，他想知道的是，这些大学到底是为了盈利而草率地做出这些事情，还是确实有真正的创新之处。其中的pushing these things out即指网上师范院校迅速扩大规模，there 即指规模得到迅速扩大的网上师范院校。A)是对文中where there’s some real innovation in there的同义转述，故为答案。文中没有提到学生是否能从网上师范院校学到新东西，故B)属于无中生有，予以排除。文中说的是罗伯特.皮亚塔想知道，这些大学是否是为了盈利而草率地做出这些事情，并不是说罗伯特.皮亚塔想知道，这些大学是否能盈利，故C)是原文的曲解。D)是利用首句中的the whole industry is moving in that direction设置的无关干扰。
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