According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the State University of New York at Buffalo has dropped its 18-month-old online MBA program.

Although they had planned for upwards of 1,000 students they only actually signed up 35.

Each course has to have an instructor, a graduate assistant, technical people to be there in case the connection breaks down, as well as someone to design the course," said Howard G. Foster, associate dean for academic programs at the business school. "We've found these courses to be very labor-intensive."

In addition, there was resistance from faculty members who aren't convinced about the effectiveness of online learning and an outside partner that failed to live up to its promises.