Demand for Online Classes is Up

Goldie Blumenstyk reviews the statistics, and she sees growth in online education . Quoting Richard Garrett on the enrollment changes, and the growth in degree program admissions over credentials:

Clearly the pandemic is altering those trajectories. While many lower-income people, including those hit by furloughs and layoffs, gave up on attending college last fall, lots of early-career professionals were in a different boat. They were able to continue working, often from home, and maybe even found themselves with a little more free time. Garrett’s theory is that thousands of these people decided, “This is the time to invest in myself, come what may,” and enrolled in an online master’s program. “The pandemic,” he said, “gave them an extra shove.”

-DD