A new study has found that the number of students looking to add more postsecondary educational experience on their resume through online learning has surpassed 6 million. According to the study, conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group, 31% of higher education students take at least 1 class over the internet, with 65% of all schools saying they felt that online learning was a critical part of their long-term strategy. I. Elaine Allen, co-author of the study and professor of statistics & entrepreneurship at Babson College in Massachusetts, said while there is a wide variety of the rate of growth of online enrollments among different schools, the study found there's no slow down in demand for the virtual classroom. "The rate of growth in online enrollments is ten times that of the rate in all higher education," Allen added. "While growth rates have declined somewhat from previous years, we see no evidence that a dramatic slowdown in online enrollments is on the horizon." Enrollment in online health sciences courses showed the highest grow rate among all programs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that professionals with an advanced degree on their resume have the potential to earn $1,000 more per week than those with some or not college education. |