Distance Online Learning on the Rise at Kent State - Matt Fredmonsky, North Canton Patch

More students are going to class by turning on their home computer instead of walking into a lecture hall at Kent State University. In two years, the number of students participating in distance learning courses has nearly doubled from about 6,900 in 2010 to 12,359 in 2012. "About one in every three students is taking an online course each semester,” Kent State University President Lester Lefton said. “That’s a lot of students taking a lot of courses."