About 40 percent of full-time U.S. college faculty have taught a course at an online university school.
That's just one result from a new in-depth survey of traditional and online classes technology usage compiled by Primary Research Group. "The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Educational Technology" includes the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in the U.S. and Canada. Results were released in January 2010.
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• More than half—53 percent—of those sampled said they would like to be an online university instructor if the pay were equivalent to that of a traditional class setting.
Here's a list most states hope they never make. A list of the top 10 states if you want to safely operate a degree mill or a diploma mill. Historically, phony online colleges crank out diplomas and college degrees at a dizzying pace in these ten states.{{LeftSponsor53}} Sadly, the United States may lead the world in diploma mills, degree mills, and fake online colleges, according to a report by Verifile Limited, a United Kingdom firm. Here is a list of the top 10 diploma mill states in the U.S. According to Verifile these states may be home to the highest number of fake universities—unaccredited institutions of higher education—and unrecognized accrediting agencies: 1. California (134) 2. Hawaii (94) 3. Washington (87) 4. Florida (57) 5. Texas (53) 6. New York (44) 7. Louisiana (39) 8. Illinois (29) 8. (tie) Nevada (29) 10. Arizona (28)
California ranks #1 among degree mill states because the state has long allowed unaccredited colleges to legally operate and award degrees.
Christian online schools are growing fast. In fact, two Christian universities — Liberty University and Grand Canyon University — are among the 10 largest universities in online-only enrollment.
But before you take a leap of faith online — or turn up your nose at the very idea of an online degree from a Christian or faith-based college — you need to understand that there are two very different kinds of online Christian universities. One — or neither — may be right for you.
Accelerated programs consist of short online classes. A traditional college course lasts 16 weeks, but an accelerated bachelor's program compresses courses into shorter five-, eight- or 10-week sessions.
You literally earn your degree faster by studying faster.
You take just as many courses to complete an accelerated degree as a traditional degree. But you learn faster in an effort to accelerate degree completion.
Accredited online law schools are inching closer to becoming a reality as the American Bar Association (ABA) considers relaxing regulations that have prevented entire JD degrees from being offered online by any of its member schools.
ABA is debating new rules that will allow its accredited residential law school members to offer more online courses as a part of the JD degree.
Although the ABA is not expected to fully approve online law schools in the near future, momentum is building for increased acceptance of online courses in the curriculum of ABA-approved residential law schools.
