by LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, The Pantagraph
At Illinois State University, Heartland Community College and other schools across the country, students are taking a lot of summer classes — without setting foot on campus/ “Online classes are really hot in summer,” said Sarah Diel-Hunt, associate vice president for academic affairs at Heartland, no pun intended. The greater flexibility such classes provide make them particularly popular in summer when students are working, doing internships or traveling. This summer, ISU is offering 263 online classes, including multiple sections of the same courses. Less than half that number are offered in the spring and fall semesters, said Danielle Lindsey, director of academic services at ISU. Lindsey said the number of on-campus summer courses has decreased about 30 percent since 2010, while summer online courses have increased about 50 percent in that time period.
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