By Derrick Mason, Journal Standard
Online classes are becoming more popular with college students, and Highland Community College is making sure to keep up with the trend. Highland was recently named the top two-year school in Illinois to offer online classes by OnlineColleges.com. The site generated its rankings based on data from the National Center of Education Statistics. Pete Willging, director of community relations and marketing at Highland, said it was important for the school to learn about the criteria that went into the ranking. “Whenever we do receive a ranking from an institution, such as this one, we ask for the methodology that they use so we can see what we’re doing well,” he said. Willging said the most heavily weighted category for the ranking was the number of programs offered via distance education. Highland offers 18 percent of its courses as online or hybrid classes, he said.
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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=20290
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