{"id":6154,"date":"2010-04-24T11:08:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T11:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/online-seminary-education.html"},"modified":"2010-04-24T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T11:08:42","slug":"online-seminary-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/online-seminary-education.html","title":{"rendered":"Online Seminary Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trend is on the rise: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2010\/april\/30.48.html\"><b>more and more are taking seminary courses online<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>What do you think? Is this the best?<\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A sketch of some big ideas: &#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">At seminaries, online ministry degree programs are tapping into a storehouse of pent-up demand. Those who once dismissed the possibility of full-time ministry can pursue dreams without making drastic changes and piling up a crushing loan debt. Students avoid the expense of moving on or near campus&#8211;or of commuting daily for three or four years. Congregations retain valuable ministry workers as they learn more.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some general numbers from the Babson survey:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\">\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"text\">4.6 million students took at least one online course at a post-secondary institution in fall 2008. About 644,000 of those students took graduate-level courses.<\/li>\n<li class=\"text\">Online education has been growing at a compound annual rate of 19 percent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"text\">Online enrollment now represents 25 percent of the 18.2 million students enrolled in higher education.<\/li>\n<li class=\"text\">Student demand for online courses is now greater than demand for corresponding face-to-face courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trend is on the rise: more and more are taking seminary courses online. What do you think? Is this the best?&nbsp; A sketch of some big ideas: &#8220;At seminaries, online ministry degree programs are tapping into a storehouse of pent-up demand. 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