Education Beyond Brick and Mortar
Timothy Hargrove
MBA-FP6004
February 02, 2015
Gary Reinke

Education Beyond Brick and Mortar
Among the technology laden world, financial and professional growth is increasingly linked to skill formation in an effort to raise socioeconomic standards. Global integration and technology have increased the focus on the importance of education and training in the competitive business market. Skill development, technology usage, optimization and frugality of educational programs in this process are becoming increasingly important. Future projections and analysis of educational program delivery systems will lead to increased integration of technology and access over the internet, improvement of financial responsibility and unforeseen ethical implications related to course delivery and student interaction. The current state of spending years on college campuses often leaves people weighed down with big debts, a burden not only on their personal finances but on the overall economy as well as high dropout rates (Carr, 2012).
Analysis of financial and technology issues facing education today are inter-rotational. Problems associated with finance and technology include student body volume growth, restrictions in geographical outreach, accessibility of the learning environment, financial frugality, implementation and maintaining technology as well as recruitment of a talented labor pool. Close to 60 percent of Americans believe that the country's colleges and universities are failing to provide students with "good value for the money they spend” (Carr, 2012). This concern along with the need for accessibility of higher education has led to the development of educational programs that are cost contained and internet based with advanced technology. Traditional brick and mortar institutions handling of student body volume growth,