Are Online Students Getting a Second-Class Learning Experience?

Credit: iStock/Deepak Sethi
Credit: iStock/Deepak Sethi
Students taking online classes represent a key part of the college-attending population. Demand for online classes and online degrees has surged in recent years, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic (Knox 2025). But fully online students are less likely to successfully complete classes and to graduate (Knox; Shea and Bidjerano 2018). Because fully online students probably aren’t physically present on campus much, they may not know about or access campus support services.

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