Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Sunday, December 26, 2004
Online Studies A Valid Path To A Degree - CtNow

As any working student could attest, balancing studies with a job can be an exhausting pursuit. In my last semester of graduate school, for instance, it took record levels of caffeine to survive 30-hour workweeks and four academic courses. But such madness can be better managed, thanks to the proliferation of online degree programs that let you attend classes through the Internet - as your schedule permits. Nearly 1 million students are pursuing an online degree, about 6 percent of all post-secondary enrollment, according to Eduventures, an education research and consulting firm in Boston.

 



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