“The nice thing about online education is it can be done anywhere and at any time,” says Thomas J. Dalton, assistant vice president of enrollment management at online-only Excelsior College. “Many of our students are on the system at 2 or 3 a.m. … doing their course work.”
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Study Investigates If Online Education Is Key to Helping More Low-Income Students Obtain Degrees
by Howard Feintuch , October 23, 2009
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