Dive Brief:
- Eduventures’ annual College-Bound Market Update Report shows an increasing number of students interested in taking some of their courses online.
- Campus Technology reports the annual survey questioned more than 20,000 high schoolers about their college plans, finding a drop in the portion who expect to take 100% of their college coursework in person.
- Beyond the 15% who are not planning for that traditional course experience, 30% specifically say they would take some classes on campus and others online, according to the article.
Dive Insight:
Student expectations about college are changing. The generation that spent their entire lives with the Internet expect to use it for more than just research once they enroll in higher education. Many colleges and universities have spent the last decade bulking up their online course offerings. Those that are behind should consider Eduventures’ latest report as a motivation to get moving. According to Campus Technology, the portion of students expecting to take all of their classes online dropped 10% from 2014 to 2015. How far will that percentage fall next year?