by Jimmy Myers, St. Joseph News-Press
Local college campuses add new buildings every few years, expanding their bricks and mortar. Spreading at a much more rapid rate are the virtual offerings. A student looking for online classes through Missouri Western State University would have found 33 of them a few years ago. That student now has 170 options. Some general education courses, such as science laboratory classes, aren’t available yet, but if they were, a student could earn a diploma without ever stepping foot on the campus. Northwest Missouri State University started its online program in 1999 with 44 students enrolled in eight courses. The university now has 137 online courses, and a geographic information systems degree that is 100 percent online. And the demand is increasing. “Surprisingly, it keeps on growing,” said Dr. Roger Von Holzen, who oversees distance learning at Northwest. “We think we‘re going to top off, but every year we keep on growing.”
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