High Gas prices affecting Students
In this article, the reader is shown that the price of gas is affecting college students and their education. Since the price of gas is so high, more students are enrolling in online courses opposed to traditional classroom ones. This is an example of cross-price elasticity of demand, as the demand of online courses increase the demand of gas decreases for these students. People everywhere are doing all they can to save money at the pump, whether buying more fuel efficient cars or finding ways to get the same education without leaving home.
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I heard a recent commercial about the University of Maryland and the online courses that are available. They mentioned more about being able to save gas and than actually talking about the online classes they provide. The price of gas seems to be having a huge impact on people's choices of colleges.
Yes, I can see why more people want to take online classes. I commute every day and last semester I was putting approximately $60 dollars a week in my tank just to drive to school. I have also heard that some of the larger colleges are trying to create more public transportation choices for students. I believe that another idea that colleges could look at to help their students is have classes Mon-Thru and have each class be 1 hour and 15 minutes long, just as it is for Tuesday and Thursday classes already.
I think that online classes are becoming more popular not only because of high gas prices but because online classes are becoming more available! Every semester I see more and more classes being offered online. I agree in the article when Mrs. Miller stated that she doesn't think she gets as much as online classes compared to physically being in the classroom setting. A lot of times, many summer classes are only offered online. I experienced commuting when I lived at home in Florida and went to a community college that was 30 minutes away from my house. I had to commute everyday. And this becomes a hassle because at a community college you can't just go back to your dorm room and hang out till your next class. Sometime I had 4 hour breaks in between classes and there is only so much work you can do in the library. Some days I would find myself driving to school two or three times a day. And that adds up very quickly with gas prices. I think that it is smart to take online classes if you have to commute a distance to get to school. I'm sure the schools just think they are doing us a favor. You'll never get a real in class college experience, which I think is very important but in the long run it will save us in gas funds! Its a choice that we have to make, take the online course and we don't get the classroom experience or commute to class and spend a lot of money on gas!
Aside from students, I know several professors that serve as adjuncts to multiple institutions and travel quite the distance to teach just one class. A few of these professors have moved closer to one campus or the other and chose to only take that specific teaching role. Others I know, have completely axed the idea of teaching anymore, and moved onto new jobs that require less travel between locations.
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