Good Reputations, Reflected

An article in The Wall Street Journal points out that enrollment is skyrocketing at most online institutions in part because public universities have helped bring credibility to distance education. For a growing number of students, enrolling in a prestigious college means simply choosing an online program from a well-known brick-and-mortar institution, like the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, over a for-profit online college. (The Wall Street Journal)