Learning the science of it online

Posted by in Uncategorized Mar 21st, 2005

From the North County Times out of California, a story on students studying in science distance education programs.

Today's college students are world travelers when it comes to the Web —- many enrolling in at least one Internet-based class before they graduate. Click on any local college Web site and countless online courses scroll down the screen.

Across the country, some universities have whole virtual departments and 49 percent of public colleges offer complete online degree programs, according to the Sloan Consortium, a consortium of institutions and organizations dedicated to providing quality online education.

"Student enrollment has gone from 100 a decade ago to more than 3,000 students," said Lynn Pierce, public information coordinator at MiraCosta College in Oceanside. "Now we have 60 Cyber Costa faculty members teaching more than 73 courses online —- in almost every subject imaginable."

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