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Quick Takes: August 22, 2007
  

Online Learning Gains Ground With Professionals


Distance learning continues to come of age as a viable option for business professionals. Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University are among the latest prestigious institutions to have introduced online degree programs.
By Garry Kranz
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Logged In for Learning: Distance learning continues to come of age as a viable option for business professionals. Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University are among the latest prestigious institutions to have introduced online degree programs, according to a report by Fox News Channel. People who pursue degrees online account for about 17 percent of the total number of college students, the report says. Distance learning apparently isn’t the province solely of larger institutions, with one-sixth of smaller schools offering some online options.

In another report, the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, a research organization, has found that 62 percent of chief learning officers say online learning produces results that are “equal to or better” than face-to-face offerings.


Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.


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