Feb 2, 2018, 4:49 PM
(from Inside Higher Ed) Faculty satisfaction in online courses at liberal arts colleges does not necessarily translate to high student enrollment, a report by Ithaka S&R suggests. As many liberal arts colleges grapple with dwindling enrollments, offering courses wholly or partially online is becoming an increasingly attractive option for colleges trying to expand their capacity without blowing their budget. But in the report, just 4 percent of faculty members reported that enrollment in their online course was higher than the equivalent face-to-face course. Most respondents (over 75 percent) said that enrollment was flat. One successful model is the Texas Learning Consortium: five universities created courses in Portuguese, Chinese, German, French and Spanish that were taught face-to-face at one institution but included an option for distance learning for students from other institutions.
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