Scott Impens
EG 371
Project Part 6
Final White Paper This is a technological world. Text messaging has replaced the phone call; Skype and Face time have taken the place of a face to face meeting. All of these things have changed the face of communication and business. It seems education is going in the same direction. More and more young adults and current professionals are taking distance education and continuing education classes over the internet. With the advances in technology, the internet, the use of laptops and tablets, has the virtual classroom taken place of the traditional one? Will online degrees be given the same respect as traditional ones? Through research we will find that more and more employers either are or will be giving equal respect towards online degrees. We also see that larger state universities are offering distance education degrees. They do this to help keep the cost of tuition down, making the opportunity greater for those to achieve a higher education. This will help relieve burdens of student loans growing into the hundreds of thousands depending on where you go to school. There is still a hurdle to conquer in this, and that is the high school student. When students are juniors and seniors in high school, they begin to anticipate where they will go to continue their education. Not only that, but this is going to be a very important piece of growing socially, learning how to take care of themselves, learn valuable responsibility, and network relationships. Undoubtedly, this is just as important as the actual educational piece they receive. In doing research, I have found that most employers are in fact lending more credibility to online degrees. It shows employers that you are just as dedicated to get an education and better your standing. This is something that we need to let high school students