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Friday, May 03, 2002
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=981 Online Drop Rates Revisited David P. Diaz Critics of online distance education have alarmed the public recently with reports of severe drop rates and attrition in online classes. The notion that more students will drop out of online classes than traditional face-to-face classes enjoys the widespread acceptance usually reserved for scientific precepts (Parker, 1999; Carr, 2000). More importantly, though, many educators imply that the observed high drop rates should disqualify online education as a high-quality option to traditional education ("Distance Education," 2001). Drop rates are among the characteristics that have routinely prompted distance education studies (Cookson, 1990; Dowdall, 1991; Parker, 1999). Drop rates for distance classes have been consistently higher than those of traditional classes and, according to some researchers, tend to suggest academic non-success (Diaz, 2000a; Phipps & Merisotis, 1999; Ridley & Sammour, 1996).... (ed. note: Beginning with 1135 online enrollments on the official count date in January, UIS ends the semester with 1093 enrollments; a retention of 96.3% - equivalent to the on-campus retention rate.)
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