Online Education News Archive
06-Jan-2009
A Broadband Stimulus Plan (BusinessWeek)
Job Seekers Get Edge With Digital Degrees (KTAL Shreveport)
A competitive job market has more people going back to school, but they're not leaving home to get college degrees. Online course enrollment is skyrocketing, as people try to get an edge. Local colleges are adding more online options. Waivers free high school students to study online, off-campus (Detroit Free Press)
Eleven Michigan school districts and one charter school can now allow students to take more courses -- and in some cases all of their classes -- online and off-campus, moves that could further cement the state's reputation as a leader in online education. State OKs online courses for high schools (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
State education officials have given 11 school districts, including Traverse City, and one charter school permission to let some students take part or all of their required classes online and off campus. Online -- another way of learning at SCC (The Reporter)
More and more college students are taking classes in the virtual world rather than the lecture hall -- and Solano Community College is no exception to the online education trend.Many college-age students, like day-care center operator Vicky Davis of Benicia, are learning exclusively over the Internet.
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