Distance learning grows

As men­tioned in the Chron­i­cle of Higher Edu­ca­tion, a new Sloan Con­sor­tium report sug­gests that the higher edu­ca­tion dis­tance learn­ing mar­ket is grow­ing at almost 10 per­cent per year, com­pared to an over­all growth rate of 1.5 percent.

1 out of 5 col­lege stu­dents are tak­ing a dis­tance edu­ca­tion course

These fig­ures are based on 5 years of sur­vey results across 2500 US uni­ver­si­ties and colleges.

A free PDF of the entire report is avail­able here. This is just another piece of evi­dence that dis­tance edu­ca­tion, includ­ing online courses, have become a key suc­cess fac­tor for US uni­ver­si­ties. Dis­tance edu­ca­tion is also a very pop­u­lar deliv­ery method for cor­po­rate train­ing – that’s one rea­son I rec­om­mend that col­lege stu­dents take a few online courses. The abil­ity to learn at a dis­tance has also become a key suc­cess fac­tor for col­lege graduates.

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