A New Force to Push Universities in the U.S. to Go Online
Keywords:
Online Education, eLearning, Higher Education, Colleges and Universities, College ScorecardAbstract
Online education and e-learning continue to be a trend in the
future of higher education. However, some colleges and universities in
the U.S. are still resisting this change. One factor that may force these
institutions of higher education to change is the new rating system
initiated by the current Government of the United States of America.
This new rating system will affect the allocation of financial aid to
universities which in turn affect the revenue and overall enrolment in
various universities. The purpose of this paper is to first review the
current literature and then provide an analysis on the effects of this new
rating system on the future of online education in institutions of higher
education. This paper suggests that the new College Scorecard rating
system initiated by the Obama Administration will force college and
universities to offer more online courses and programs.
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