Are Employers Becoming More Accepting of Online Degrees?
Nov 4th, 2008
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According to a recent white paper, sponsored by Western Governors University, online degrees have become more acceptable in the workplace.
They report:
"Both students and employers are less apprehensive; hence, the quality of online education is seldom an issue. "If you ask employers about their sense of the quality of online education – is it of equal quality to traditional – the response you typically get is a growing adherence to it being of equal quality," says Richard Garrett, a senior research analyst for Eduventures, an education research and consulting firm."
As more colleges create online programs and virtual teaching methodologies improve, I believe support for online degrees in the workplace will continue to improve. A number of companies are even beginning to offer their own in-house online training programs.
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