Online Education and Community Colleges

Employers, Community College Students Still Question Online Degree Credibility

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By Rachel Wang
the UMF/Flickr Traditional degrees still win out over online degrees—at least in employers’ eyes. A new study titled “Not Yet Sold: What Employers and Community College Students Think About Online Education” revealed that employers are still skeptical about online degree quality. The report also revealed that community college students have concerns about online learning. The September 2013 study was released by Public Agenda, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on finding solutions for key issues, including higher education, energy issues, healthcare and the national debt.
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Trends in E-Learning for Community Colleges Online

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By Rachel Wang
Designing4/Flickr Online education isn’t just expanding. It’s also getting better. Student enrollment is up at community colleges online, and the gap between distance learning and face-to-face student completion rates is closing, according to the latest findings from the Instructional Technology Council (ITC). In an environment where most colleges are struggling with budget cuts and decreased funding, e-learning continues to shine as a new way to learn. Community Colleges Online See Enrollment Grow ITC, which represents nearly 400 institutions that offer distance education courses in the United States, Canada and around the world, surveys its members each year about online learning. The most recent survey, “Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges,” notes that distance education enrollments grew by 6.52 percent from fall 2011 to fall 2012. This stands in contrast to overall student enrollment, which declined by 2.64 percent

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Data and Analysis The State of Academe The Chronicle takes the measure of higher education in the 2013-14 Almanac, our annual compendium of data on colleges. This year’s Almanac features many new tables and charts along with familiar ones. Choose a section below to start browsing. Profession Students Diversity Finance Technology International The States The Profession What subjects do the highest-paid faculty members teach? Which college presidents earn the most—and the least? Find answers in 20 tables, charts, and interactive tools. Interactive Tool: What Professors Make Interactive Tool: Highest-Paid Presidents Chart: Most-Recent Previous Positions of New College Chiefs Analysis: On Campuses: Clashes, Pay Divides, and Thwarted Careers Students College students’ aspirations, and what they have managed to achieve, are described in 17 tables, charts, and interactive tools. Table: A Profile of Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges Table: Large C...

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