Engineering Degree Online | Some interesting statistics
Here are some very interesting stats for you…
Three quarters of academic leaders at public colleges and universities beleive that online
learning quality is equal to or superior to face-to-face instruction.
In 2003 there were 1.9 million students studying online. In 2004 that number was 2.6 million.
In the first half of 2005, there were 4 million searches per month for information about
earning a degree online and online education.
3 out of 5 colleges offering face-to-face (classroom) undergraduate and graduate courses
also offer courses at the same level online.
44 % of schools offering face-to-face Master’s degree programs also offer Master’s programs online.
Sixty-five percent of higher education institutions report that they are using primarily
core faculty to teach their online courses compared to 62% that report they are using
primarily core faculty to teach their face-to-face courses.
The overall percent of schools identifying online education as a critical long-term
strategy grew from 49% in 2003 to 56% in 2005.
Overall online enrollment increased from 1.98 million in 2003 to 2.35 million in 2004.
Although online education continues to grow there is still only a small minority of
Chief Academic Officers (28% in 2003 compared with 31% in 2005)
hwo believe that their faculty are embracing online education as valuable and legitimate.
Thats the stat tha bothers me. If we can get acedemia to accept online education, then the
battle is much more than half over.
Ben
