Md. Campus Envisions Virtual Rush Of Students; Many Expected to Enter University College -- Online

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 30, 2001| Author: Amy Argetsinger | Copyright information

Within five years, Maryland's largest university will be an institution dedicated chiefly to teaching adults studying part time, many of them online students who never step foot on campus, according to projections released last week.

While enrollment at public colleges and universities across the state is expected to surge 27 percent in the next decade, the numbers at University of Maryland University College will nearly triple in the same period, the Maryland Higher Education Commissi...

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