Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006

Distance education and online learning continue to grow in quantity and quality around the world and in the United States. The following study/survey by the Sloan Consortium is an excellent read on the current status of online education in the United states.

Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006 represents the fourth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. This year’s study, like those for the previous three years, is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group in partnership with the College Board, the report, based on responses from over 2,200 colleges and universities, examines a number of key questions:

View the paper here:
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/survey06.asp