Distance Education Now Respected and Accepted Everywhere
Distance education is earning its respect and acceptance from degree-granting college programs. Research from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that 55 percent of all two-year and four-year institutions offered college-level, credit-granting distance education courses in the academic year of 2000-2001.
The findings also point to online distance learning degree programs as the medium most used in distance education - utilized in 90% of distance education courses.
Continuing your Education as an Adult
If you are a working adult, and you don't have time to attend a college university program, then continuing your education through distance learning may be just for you.
Online distance degrees are available in a number of fields and with a number of qualifications. The most common distance education degree, however, is the online MBA. You can also take distance education courses in Criminal Justice, Marketing, Design, Nursing, Information Technology, Animation, and a number of other fields.
Your college education will become readily available to you, without the hassle of commuting to a campus located a distance from your home. If you're an independent thinker and believe you have the self-motivation to complete a college degree through online or correspondence courses, then you'll find earning your distance degree quite easy.