The Sloan Consortium released a new report this month highlighting continued growth in online education.
Enrollment in online programs shows no signs of flattening, according to the report, “Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006.” Students, especially older ones, are still attracted to the convenience of completing their degrees over the Internet.
The report, based on a survey of 2,200 colleges, found that nearly 3.2 million students took at least one online course in the fall of 2005, up from 2.3 million the previous year.
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