From the News You Can Use Archives 08/07/07

Half Want to Tele-Commute to University
By Ian Crawford, Web Communications Editor

Half of college-bound students who say they're interested in taking online courses in the next year would like to take all their courses online.

This is according to a new survey recently conducted by American InterContinental University Online of 1,000 participants aged 17 to 49 who said they were interested in pursuing higher education within the next 12 months.

The results included the following:

• 50 percent would like to take all their courses online
• 32 percent favor a program that is primarily online but includes some campus-based courses and activities
• 10 percent want to pursue primarily an education on campus
• 8 percent prefer a program that is half online.

Moreover, the Sloan Consortium reports the continued rise of students enrolled in at least one online course:

• 1.98 million in 2003
• 2.35 million in 2004
• 3.2 million in 2005

"As more and more students enroll in online courses and learn first-hand the flexibility and convenience of pursuing an education online, the interest in, and the demand for, completely online degree programs will rise," said Dr. Alan Drimmer, president of the online campus of American InterContinental University. "Greater accessibility is key to the popularity of online courses and degrees, as online universities offer educational opportunities to those individuals whose location or daily schedule does not permit the on-campus experience."

************

Story posted August 7, 2007.

E-mail comments to: news@EDFUND.org

All contents copyright EDFUND, 1999-2006. All rights reserved. All material on this site is intended for the sole use of the individual site visitor and may not be reproduced electronically or in print without written permission from EDFUND, P.O. Box 419045, Rancho Cordova, CA, 95741-9045.

Legal Information | Security and Browser Information
Copyright 1998-2007, EDFUND. All rights reserved.