(09-08-2017 03:59 PM)doubleduke2016 Wrote:  You want even more bad news? I recently spoke to a professor in the program I was a part of who told me that she would like JMU greatly increase their online degree options to which I replied "we just want to be careful we don't become Liberty or Phoenix" and she said "I think Phoenix is a great model and would love for us to get there. There are so many benefits to having students get their degree from their home and that is the future, we need to get involved in that as soon as we can or we will miss that opportunity." So we may not want to bash it if we are becoming it along with many other schools.

I graduated form JMU in the late 90s (traditional campus). I just finished a graduate program in Dec 2016, not at JMU but another great school. The program was 90% traditional on campus but there was an online aspect to the program. Technology has changed the classroom forever for the good.

Schools need to define "online." Online can mean anything, it can be and often is a rigorous program at a great school.......or not.