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Sunday, December 26, 2004
Online lessons popular option: Community colleges are seeing growth in the number of students studying over the Internet - Eric Stevick, Heraldnet
More and more community college students in Snohomish County and across the state are taking courses from instructors they seldom or never see. Enrollment in online courses is soaring as students young and old search for ways to sandwich classes between jobs and busy schedules. More than 47,000 students across Washington enrolled in at least one online class during the 2003-04 school year, tripling the enrollment of 15,638 five years before. "It has really taken off here," said Charleen Khane, interim associate dean of distance learning at Edmonds Community College, where online enrollment also has tripled over the same period.
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