INCREASING ACCESS IN ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION

Authors

  • John Bourne
  • Janet C. Moore
  • John Sener
  • Frank Mayadas
  • Linda F. Ettinger

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v10i3.1752

Keywords:

Online Learning, Access to Higher Education, Online Enrollment Growth, Scaling Online, Minorities, Seniors, Scientific Instrumentation, Industry, Retention, Community Colleges

Abstract

This paper investigates how access to higher education in the United States can be increased through further integration of online education. The search for opportunities to increase access to online education examined multiple prospective higher education contexts. A series of papers produced by participants in the 2005 Sloan-C summer workshop is synthesized and presented in this overview. Individual papers are included in the publication, providing analyses of specific opportunities.

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Published

2019-03-19

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2006)

Section

Empirical Studies

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