Breve inventario de los programas de educación a distancia en Puerto Rico al 2024
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https://doi.org/10.55420/2693.9193.v15.n2.335Keywords:
distance programs, online academic offerings, online program offeringsAbstract
The purpose of this article is to disseminate to the academic community of Puerto Rico, the online university programs licensed by the Board of Postsecondary Institutions (JIP) for August 2024. The data is broken down from professional, graduate and postgraduate certificates to associate, baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Overall, by fall 2024, online offerings in Puerto Rico consist of 448 academic programs, which represents an increase of 278% when compared to fall 2020. As in previous studies (Torres, 2013, 2014, 2020), programs in the Business discipline dominate the online offering. However, unlike other years, a significant increase was found in programs in Health Sciences, Natural Sciences and Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities. It appears that the supply of online programs in the field of education is reaching a saturation point.
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