Accredited online colleges on the rise
Posted by Nick Johnson in CPD on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 09:30
Nick Johnson discusses the adoption of accredited online courses and programmes in higher education institutions in the United States.
In 2010, enrollment for accredited online college courses rose by 10%, which far exceeds the less than 1% growth in the overall student enrollment in higher education institutions generally. In the fall term of 2010 alone, 6.1 million students took at least one course online, an increase of 560,000 students — or 9.2% — over the previous year. These students accounted for 31.3% of total student enrollment in postsecondary education for the term.
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