STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ONLINE STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND INCREASE UNIVERSITY PERSISTENCE RATES

'Learn at your own pace and earn your degree without missing out on the important things happening in your life.' It sounds so easy and so appealing. In colleges and universities nation-wide more and more students are signing up for online classes in the hope that they will be able to successfully juggle the demands of their daily lives while still achieving their academic and career goals. Unfortunately, student success rates for these online courses are abysmal to say the least. This article discusses online strategies colleges and universities may implement to offset this growing trend.
'Learn at your own pace and earn your degree without missing out on the important things happening in your life.' So say the alluring advertisements for universities nationwide that tout [...]