It’s official - online degrees are just as good as traditional (at least per the US Govt)
It’s been the great debate in recent years in higher education and employment circles…
Is an online degree as good as traditional degrees?
Well, it seems that the US Government set out to answer that question (with your tax dollars) 
The United States Department of Education recently announced the results of at 12 year study and they concluded that online degrees (which they defined as a result of online classes and examinations) are “somewhat more effective” than the traditional degrees.
More effective? Yep, that was the conclusion. Most of which was based on the fact that online classes are convenient, interactive, and interesting (due to the audio, video etc materials used in teaching), not to mention the fact that having direct access to the professor or lecturer normally makes for a more effective experience that traditional face-to-face classes.
Now, i have to admit that if you’re a student in a traditional college environment, you can certainly make your classes more interesting by being more particpative, and you can always get access to the professor. But evidently an online environment provides those elements without you having to do much in return, which certainly makes it easier.
But no matter which way, the same old adage applies: you’ll get out of it what you put into it…
But hey, at least it’s “official” - an online degree is just a good of an experience (if not better) than a traditional one.
All night cramming parties excluded, of course
