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The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.

The report addresses several key questions:

First question: Has the Growth of Online Enrollments Begun to Plateau?

Answer: Online enrollments (such as those for an online masters degree) are growing faster than student body populations.

Evidence: 3.2 million students took at least one class in the 2005 fall term compared to 2.3 million the previous year.
 
The 800K+ growth is more than twice the number added the previous year.

E-learning has far from plateaued. 

I think the 120 some students I am currently teaching might be considered additional evidence.

How about you? Have you taken an online class recently - say, to get a masters degree online or an online nursing degree? Are you planning to? I have.

The complete report can be found here.