| According to the Sloan Consortium twenty percent | | | | Online programs are available from traditional campus |
| of the 3.5 million college students in 2006 were taking | | | | based colleges and universities and from entirely |
| online college education classes. Enrollment in online | | | | online colleges like Phoenix University. Research has |
| classes or programs in growing at at faster rate than | | | | shown that the quality of online degree education |
| that of the general student population. This means | | | | equals that of the more traditional face to face |
| online degree programs are here to stay. | | | | classroom. |
| In the future more and more students will be using | | | | In the online classroom assignment are available to |
| the virtual or online classroom. Public schools are | | | | the student anytime on his or her computer. The |
| looking more and more to online classes as a way to | | | | student can "attend" at regular classroom hours or |
| save money, as public monies become tighter and | | | | study around a work schedule. The student with |
| tighter. Young college students in the future will see | | | | obligations such as a job or children can study at |
| online college classes or entire programs as a natural | | | | flexible times to accommodate his or her obligations. |
| extension of what is happening at the high school | | | | Government money is available for loans for online |
| level. | | | | colleges and universities thanks to recent changes in |
| Technologically experienced students will transition | | | | policy about online college degree programs. Online |
| easily into the online college arena. Many areas of | | | | websites that feature colleges and universities that |
| education are now available online. Healthcare, nursing, | | | | offer online classes and programs can be helpful in |
| pharmacology, education, business, engineering, fire | | | | identifying what programs are available. Information |
| science, psychology, design, computer science, and | | | | about curriculum, enrollment requirements, available |
| accounting online degrees are just some examples of | | | | resources, accreditation, and tuition costs are |
| programs that are offered. | | | | available online. |