The Sociology-Anthropology Department was faced with the sudden and unexpected cancellation of its three-and-a-half-year-old criminology online program in September, which has left the professors of the department upset and baffled.
Imagine spending your tuition on a class that allows you to stay at home. Today, many students are given the option of taking a class online instead of sitting in class for three hours. The main reason for this change is to give students more options.
Virtual classes have become the latest trend among high school students, who no longer have to touch a pig to dissect it in biology class; they can just see it being dissected for them on the computer monitor.
The University of La Verne's Learning Enhancement Center has implemented an online tutoring service that will allow students to communicate with LEC tutors online.
Beginning this fall, the Distance Learning Center will no longer be offering on-line courses for traditional undergraduate students at the University of La Verne.