September
15, 2000
Web posted at: 12:46 p.m. EDT (1646 GMT)
More
than 14 million people log on to their
computers and double-click into a virtual
college classroom, pursuing undergraduate
and graduate degrees in fields as diverse
as nursing, business, engineering and
technology. Experts predict e-learning
will become a $2 billion industry within
four years. But is an online education
a second-rate degree?
Study:
Public Higher Education Embracing Virtual
Classrooms
Public
higher education is the prime participant
in the virtual classroom movement and
its interest continues to grow, according
to a survey. In 1997-98, 91 percent of
public two- and four-year institutions
either offered or planned to offer distance
learning courses in the next three years,
according to a National Center for Education
Statistics study released in December
1999.
