Sloan-C: Mainstreaming of online education

Written by John Moravec on Monday, January 16, 2006 at 9:00

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The Sloan Consortium, an online education group, finds that 2.35 million people took an online course in 2004. Furthermore:

  • The overall percent of schools identifying online education as a critical long-term strategy grew from 49% in 2003 to 56% in 2005.
  • The largest increases were seen in Associates degree institutions where 72% now agree that it is part of their institution’s long-term strategy, up from 58% in 2003.
  • The smallest schools, private nonprofit institutions and Baccalaureate colleges remain the least likely to agree that online education is part of their long-term strategy.

Read the full report: [pdf]

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