By: Chris Fankhauser, KCSR
One of the great success stories of Chadron State College in recent years has been the growth of its offerings and enrollment for online education. “This is the way that more and more students are choosing to pursue their degrees,” said Tamsyn Carey, project coordinator for CSC Extended Campus Programs. Carey points to data compiled by her supervisor, Steve Taylor, assistant vice president for extended campus programs. Reports indicate that the number of U.S. students who study solely online has risen from 780,000 in 2004 to 2.14 million in 2009, said Carey. That number is projected to grow to 4 million within the next few years. The number of online courses offered at CSC has grown from 89 in 2006 to 255 four years later. The total number of duplicated enrollments in online courses has nearly doubled in four years, growing from 2,189 in 2006 to 4,342 last year, Taylor’s data shows.
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