The Digital Revolution and Higher Education: College Presidents, Public Differ on Value of Online Learning.

Abstract

As online college courses have become increasingly prevalent, the general public and college presidents offer different assessments of their educational value. Just three-in-ten American adults (29 percent) say a course taken online provides an equal educational value to one taken in a classroom. By contrast, fully half of college presidents (51 percent) say online courses provide the same value.. . .