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Employers' Perceptions of Online Degree Programs

Employers' Perceptions of Online Degree Programs

Judith C. Simon, Jollean K. Sinclaire, Lloyd D. Brooks, Ronald B. Wilkes
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781605661988|ISBN10: 1605661988|EISBN13: 9781605661995
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch126
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Simon, Judith C., et al. "Employers' Perceptions of Online Degree Programs." Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 898-906. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch126

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Simon, J. C., Sinclaire, J. K., Brooks, L. D., & Wilkes, R. B. (2009). Employers' Perceptions of Online Degree Programs. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition (pp. 898-906). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch126

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Simon, Judith C., et al. "Employers' Perceptions of Online Degree Programs." In Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., 898-906. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch126

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Abstract

The opportunities for students to take courses, and entire degree programs, online continue to increase, as many traditional colleges and universities have developed programs to compete with for-profit online schools that have proliferated in recent years. In 2003, The Wall Street Journal reported “an estimated 350,000 students are enrolled in fully online degree programs” (Dunham, 2003). In 2005, it was estimated that “more than 1 million students are seeking degrees entirely via the Web” (Tosto, 2005). According to Eduventures, “growth rates for online higher education greatly exceed those projected for U.S. postsecondary education overall (approximately 2%), positioning online higher education as a major growth engine” (Eduventures, 2007).

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