How would you benefit studying online?

Four thousand institutions are waiting to offer you online courses. What are the benefits of studying online?

Manage around your work and family commitments

As long as you meet the deadlines in your online courses, most of them don't require that you be online at a given time. That means you can watch the kids, or keep your vital current job, and still get the education boost you want.

Get access to a great school or special expertise

Learn from the best available schools, no matter where they and you are. For instance, Cornell has a famous and well-respected hospitality/hotel management program. Tap it from your browser at eCornell.

Learning is always available

Go back to review past lectures online. See other student comments on message boards. Get easier access to a professor, thanks to email. In fact, many colleges these day are using these same online tools for students who are on campus, because the tools are so useful.

Get many of the same social benefits you'd get on campus.

Technology like videoconferencing, chat rooms and message boards helps you build relationships with other students, and get the student-to-student help that's so valuable.