Do the math: Budget cuts require we give online methods a chance - EDITORIAL BOARD, The Daily Tar Heel

The math department’s decision to replace human graders with a computerized grading system is a sound one, and it illustrates an important lesson for students as we face budget cut-induced changes to our classroom experience: Replacing traditional teaching methods with computerized ones does not necessarily mean forfeiting quality. As long as the people deciding such changes remain conscious, first and foremost, of the students’ experience, budget woes can be navigated without spelling disaster for our education.