Re: Online Classes all NOT expensive

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@INFIONLINE.NET>]

Robert wrote:




My beef with online/internet classes is they are too EXPENSIVE
!!!  1000.00 for a class?????  and....how do some people get
a degree online at 1000.00 a class????



Yes, there are some fairly expensive online courses but NOT EVERY course
costs $1000 or more. A case in point is the University of Northern Iowa. Tuition
is $280 per graduate credit hour. That is the same fee for in-state and
out-of-state students. A 3 credit course costs $840 and a 2 credit course is
$560. The UNI program is geared to teachers and librarians and has had many,
many satisfied participants in the time it has been available. The courses and
staff are all top notch and you really get your money's worth.



I agree with your basic premise: college tuition is not
"cheap". The state universities here in NJ just raised tuition and
fees because they were not getting sufficient aid from the
state. Out of state students at other schools like the University
of Delaware will pay $6,500 more a semester this year. Those at private
universities such as New York University and the University of
Pennsylvania also saw increases of over $10,000. Make no mistake about it,
education is an investment today. I don't know what the answer is. I do know
that college enrollment doesn't seem to be dropping dramatically as these
increases are posted. That must mean that the students and their parents feel
that it is necessary to pay those exorbitant rates for something that will
guarantee them a chance at successful careers and better lifestyles.



There is an online report about the actual increases in tuition in
relation to the Consumer Price Index. It states that since the 1980s, college 
prices have been rising steadily, at two to three
times the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

http://oipr.depaul.edu/scripts/sir/pricing/2001/report.asp



This should come as no surprise to those of us who have college aged kids
or recent college grads in the family.





Jo





Josephine Dervan, Library Media Specialist

Strathmore Elementary School

Aberdeen, NJ

rderva@infionline.net

school-jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us



He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing- Cicero

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