Introduction of Online Education

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Online learning has generated enthusiasm for its potential to encourage greater access to the college by reducing the time of commuting and cost and by allowing the students to study on a schedule that is optimal for them.

The enthusiasm surrounding these and the other innovative, the technology-based programs has led educators to ask whether online learning could be leveraged to increase academic access, success, and progression of low-income and underprepared college the students as well. However, this review of postsecondary literature on online learning strongly suggests that online coursework at least as currently and typically implemented may hinder progression for the low-income and underprepared students.

The paper explores why the students might struggle in these courses, discusses current access barriers to the online education, and offers suggestions on how to the institutional practice and public policy could be changed to allow online learning to better meet its potential in terms of improving both student progression and college access.