Heather, Thank you for your response. Please review the threads for this course and you will find some agreement with your reasons for offering online courses and some additional support. However, keep in mind that delivering online instruction in much more labor intensive and requires a high degree of oversight to insure the quality and integrity of the coursework and delivery. I find it interesting that one of the main reasons for offering online courses is that "today's students have full time jobs and can't afford to..." How did so many students, prior to the availability of online instruction, complete their degrees while working and physically attending classes after work? I raise this simply to make a the point that online instruction is not a panacea and it doesn't work for everyone. I hope this adds another perspective to your response. Dr. Robert Roehrich