Mercer County Community College (MCCC) recently announced that students can now register for spring semester classes that will begin at the end of February, Mercerspace.com reports.
Officials told the news providers that students can take courses on subjects such as business, education, children's literature, philosophy, psychology, history, computers and sociology, among others. Furthermore, these classes are offered on campus and online through the school's virtual college.
The college offers 70 associate degree programs that are designed to help students transfer into a four-year university to continue their education. Officials noted that MCCC allows students to continue on to a bachelors degree curriculum on its West Windsor campus through partnerships with William Paterson University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Felician College.
The college's student population is composed primarily of middle-aged individuals who are seeking to prepare for or change careers.
According to the 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning, approximately 30 percent of all college and university students now take at least one web-based course.
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Officials from the Chadron State College, which is located in Nebraska, recently announced that enrollment has increased by nearly 3 percent since last year, KCSR reports.
School officials attribute the recent success to new online programs and the growing number of students who are seeking masters degrees. Enrollment in the school's graduate programs has increased by nearly 6 percent over the same time period.
Currently, the school offers online masters degrees in science, math, community and school counseling, history, business administration as well as organizational management, among others.
Officials told the news source that the school's online masters in organizational management degree program has become more popular in recent years because it offers focus on human services, natural resources and sports management.
“Masters and graduate students are often people who are in the workforce already," Gary White, dean of the school, told the news source. "The eight-week format works better for them because it is online.
A 2009 report from the Sloan Consortium shows that approximately 4.6 million students were taking at least one web-based course during the fall 2008 semester.
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