Does On-Line Distance Higher Education Pay off for Adult Learners? The Case of the Open University of Catalonia

Autor/inn/en	Carnoy, Martin; Rabling, Brenda Jarillo; Castano-Munoz, Jonatan; Montoliu, Josep Maria Duart; Sancho-Vinuesa, Teresa
Titel	Does On-Line Distance Higher Education Pay off for Adult Learners? The Case of the Open University of Catalonia
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 66 (2012) 3, S.248-271 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2273.2012.00520.x
Schlagwörter	Open Universities; Distance Education; Electronic Learning; Outcomes of Education; Adult Students; College Students; Education Work Relationship; Income; Educational Attainment; Age; Sex; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Universität; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Collegestudent; Einkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Alter; Lebensalter; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	The increasing opportunities created for adults by on-line distance universities raise important issues about the payoff to such education. This study uses a unique set of survey data gathered by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in 2009 to estimate the earnings gains of the 2000-2003 cohorts of UOC students in six programmes of study over an average six-year time frame between entering and one year after leaving their studies. It compares their gains with the earnings gains of comparable full-time workers in the Spanish labour force by age, education level, and gender. The results show that those who studied in UOC's two-year second-cycle degree programmes had positive relative earnings gains but those in three-year first-cycle degree programmes did not. The study further discusses why adult learners might nevertheless study toward degrees for which payoffs appear low. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10