Education Department Continues Probe of Student-Loan Practices
Online Education Is Evolving
Jonathan Lekstutis
November 23, 2007
As online learning continues to grow and more and more students are making the choice to get their college degrees online, educators are searching for more ways to make the experience more enjoyable. During the fall 2006 term, about 3.5 million students took at least one online course, according to the Sloan Consortium report “Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning.” And although they did it because they wanted a college degree, that aspiration alone might not carry them to completion.
Number of Doctorates in Science and Math on the Rise
Jonathan Lekstutis
November 23, 2007
The total number of doctoral degrees awarded by American colleges and universities rose 5.1 percent in 2006. This rise led to a record of 45,596 doctoral degrees being awarded, according to a report released by the National Science Foundation. Out of the increase in doctorates the largest rise came in the fields of science and engineering.
