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Friday, June 16, 2006
Term Length as an Indicator Of Attrition in Online Learning - David Diaz and Ryan Cartnal, Innovate Online
Student attrition has been a continual topic of concern in distance education research. Drop rates for distance classes have been consistently higher than those of traditional classes (Cookson 1990; Parker 1999; Phipps and Merisotis 1999; Ridley and Sammour 1996). In fact, many educators have implied that the high drop rates—and the resulting lower success rates—of such courses should disqualify online education as a high-quality option to traditional education (Perspective 2001).
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