At least 2.3 million people took some kind of online course in 2004, according to a recent survey by The Sloan Consortium, an online education group, and two-thirds of colleges offering "face-to-face" courses also offer online ones. But what were once two distinct types of classes are looking more and more alike--and often dipping into the same pool of students.
At some schools, online courses--originally intended for nontraditional students living far from campus--have proved surprisingly popular with on-campus students. A recent study by South Dakota’s Board of Regents found 42 percent of the students enrolled in its distance-education courses weren’t so distant: they were located on campus at the university that was hosting the online course.
Numbers vary depending on the policies of particular colleges, but other schools also have students mixing and matching online and "face-to-face" credits. Motives range from lifestyle to acc
A. the superiority of online’ courses over traditional courses
B. the importance of Online courses for college students
C. the popularity of online courses with college students
D. the wide coverage of online courses
OPEN-OUTCRY trading is supposed to be a
quaint, outdated practice, rapidly being replaced by sleeker, cheaper electronic
systems. Try telling that to the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the
world’s largest commodities exchange. On November 1st the NYMEX opened an
open-outcry pit in Dublin to handle Brent crude futures, the benchmark contract
for pricing two-thirds of the world’s oil. The NYMEX is trying to snatch liquidity from London’s International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), which trades the most Brent contracts; the New York Exchange has hitherto concentrated on West Texas Intermediate, an American benchmark grade. The new pit is a response to the IPE’s efforts to modernise. On the same day as NYMEX traders started shouting Brent prices in Dublin, the IPE did away with its morning open-outcry s A. the incorporation of the two energy exchanges are bound to happen B. the NYMEX and the IPE are now negotiating for a compromise C. the likelihood of the merger of the NYMEX and the IPE is quite slim D. the two exchanges will give up competing because of the distance in space TEXT C [多选题]随机抽查事项清单包括随机抽查的( )等内容。
A.事项 B.依据 C.内容 D.主体 E.对象 [判断题]通过道口车辆限界及货物装载高度(从地面算起)未超过5m时,可直接通过电气化铁路平交道。()
A.正确 B.错误 [单选题]在杆塔或横担接地良好的条件下装设接地线时,接地线可单独或合并后接到杆塔上,但杆塔接地电阻和( )应良好。
A.接地装置 B.接地通道 C.杆塔基础 D.土壤电阻 [判断题]《生产安全事故报告和调查处理条例》规定,事故发生单位主要负责人未依法履行安全生产管理职责,导致事故发生的,发生一般事故的,处上一年年收入 20%的罚款。( )
A.正确 B.错误 [多项选择]网球技术的基本原则:()
A. 冲击性 B. 稳定性 C. 正确性 D. 威胁性 [单选题]中间带是由两条右侧路缘带和中央分隔带组成。 ()
A. 对 B. 错 [判断题]与长期负债融资相比较,流动负债融资期限短、成本低,偿债风险相对较大。
A.正确 B.错误 [单选题]G5-1407回流流量计是什么类型?
A.电磁流量计 B.皮托管流量计 C.转子流量计 D.质量流量计 [多选题]《铁运旅客运输办理细则》中规定,在行李车押运时,列车行李员应向押运人说明()。
A.A、行李车内严禁吸烟 B.B、不准打开车门乘凉 C.C、不得移动车内物品、物件 D.D、不要靠近放放射性物品 我来回答: 提交
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