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Online courses give students more options

Katie Thompson Teaching reporter October 13, 2019

In 1922, Kent State offered its first distance learning program through correspondence courses.Today, 54 percent of undergraduate students are taking at least one online course said Laura Andrews the...

Your voice matters – End of semester surveys go digital

Katie Null September 8, 2019

Starting this semester, course evaluations for all Kent State classes will be taken online. Department chairs and individual faculty look at each survey response to see what can be changed in their programs...

ProctorU monitors online exams through webcam

Hanna Moore October 6, 2014

Kent State recently signed a three-year contract with ProctorU that will allow the university to proctor online quizzes and exams via webcam.“The proctor can see what programs the student has open on...

KSU online class enrollment reaches record high

Erica Batyko September 14, 2014

Kent State’s online class enrollment has reached a record high with more than 40 percent of students registered for distance learning this semester.More than 16,000 students are registered for online...

Our View: An even burden

DKS Editors March 6, 2014

If a student was to sign up for an online class today at a regional campus, he or she would pay less than what a student at the main campus would pay.In theory, this aligns with the notion that students...

Pamela Carter, Kent State - Stark student, studies for her online statistics class.

Online courses to cost the same across campuses

Marissa Barnhart March 6, 2014

Deborah Huntsman, associate vice president of continuing and distance learning, said within the next two academic years, the cost of online classes will increase so they cost the same at every campus....