Promoting Your Online Programs. You Offer Them – Now What?
Originally published May 23, 2018
It wasn’t too long ago that online & distance learning was stigmatized. There was a certain illegitimacy attached to any degree that was not earned by a student in the traditional sense – on-campus, at a brick and mortar school, physically among their peer set, sitting through lectures and residing on or near campus. But where does this leave the student who has a career? A family? Those who simply juggle busy lives with packed schedules? Today, one in every four students is enrolled in at least one online class – that’s over six million online learners. With more institutions offering hybrid and fully online courses, the number of traditional students studying solely on-campus dropped by 6.4%, or by roughly one million students from 2012 to 2016. Colleges & Universities have already recognized the need to offer comprehensive Online degree…