One often hears that course completion, retention and progress to degree completion is significantly reduced in online compared to on-campus enrollments. While there is a slightly lower course completion rate at UIS (see info at site linked to header), it is only in the three percent range. In face, undergraduate retention is higher in the online programs for the same degrees (with the exception of one program) at UIS.
One of the important factors may be that the average age of the undergraduate online major is 34 years. Also, admissions requirements for online programs are at least as high - and in many cases higher - than the on-campus counterpart.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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