Jamie Gladfelter, an online economics instructor at community colleges across the country, tells The New York Times in an interview this month that he is seeing an uptick in the number of ambitious high-school students who are taking his courses for credit.
“These students are able to satisfy their general-education requirements with little cost, and enter a four-year university with a year of credits under their belts,” he says during the interview. “Students in this group are usually very bright and have excelled in academics.”
Are other online instructors observing this trend?—-Andrea L. Foster
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