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, August 03, 2008
Gas prices fueling a rise in online learning course enrollment? - Scott Travis, South Florida Sun-Sentinal
High gas prices are prompting some South Florida college students to spend less time in their cars and more time on their computers. The number of students taking online classes had already been soaring in recent years, as students looked for ways to earn degrees at their own convenience. But with gas prices topping $4 a gallon this summer, some students say online classes is the most affordable way for them to earn a degree.

 



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