Sullivan discusses in Labor, Writing Technology in Part 3 that E-learning has effects not only within the teachers and students but as well as on a larger scale, such as monetarily and politically. Political in the sense that the decision to incorporate online teaching at the college level comes only when the money received from classroom students falls below an average that is seen through facts and statistics from other schools incorporating online learning. It seems that in order to come to the same level as learning, educational facilities become organizations only doing what is best to make the most buck. This has always been known yet as online learning comes more and more into play, universities that do not house such capabilities (primarily private schools), they must find ways in which to adhere to the wants and needs of students who are either working or for adults who are working. It seems to be a lose-lose scenario until one or the other gives (the university in the sense that they incorporate online e-learning to equal the revenue brought in by other universities already incorporating online e-learning as well as in class instruction and students either choosing online e-learning or classroom instruction which in turn forces the university to tweak their methods of attracting students). Sullivan discusses how the market for e-learning and training is immense; someone will develop something that will adhere to that specific market. In relation, if certain businesses that teach for profit tap into the universities’ degrees which bring in the most money, they begin to weaken the economic infrastructure of the university, thus forcing the university to use the now limited income base to fund the more expensive degree programs. It’s unfortunate, but looking at schools such at the University of Phoenix (being the most large), which is one of the largest online school that offers degrees for primarily the working adult, as well as other smaller schools which offer online learning (Ivy Tech & other related smaller community schools) “siphon” (as Sullivan states) off of the larger schools.

She discusses corporate e-learning as a necessity for all types of corporations in regards to saving the most bucks. Instead of spending an exuberant amount of money for sending company employees off to train for days or weeks in order to receive the knowledge the company requires, they have the option to hire out specific online e-learning companies that allow the employees to learn, study and refer back to any information whenever they please, at a very low price to the company. Corporations which offer online e-learning state the same thing in regards to being left behind. Elearningcenter.com which is a basic corporation online e-learning center states, “If you don’t do it today, you’ll get left behind.” Very blunt yet to the point this phrase which reflects e-learning, rings in the ears of all corporations living in the digital world which has spawned and grown over the last decade into a self appointed technology lord reigning over the corporate business world.