Gas at $4 per Gallon = More Online College Enrollments
Posted by Jonah Mytro on July 16th, 2008
Recently I have seen a few news articles stating that higher gas prices is leading to an increase in online college enrollments. Whether you believe this statement or not, that fact is that as gas prices rise, people will start to cut back on their driving to save money.
Enrollments for online degree programs have been on the rise over the past 2-3 years as the negative connotations of e-learning have been wiped away and now that gas prices have risen by over $1 per gallon across the country, this is only one a contributing factor for a rise in enrollments. People opting to study online find that they can better manage their time around family (trips, babysitters, children, events etc) since they disctate their class time.
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