The Acceptability of Online Degrees Earned as a Credential for Obtaining Employment

Autor/inn/en	Adams, Jonathan; DeFleur, Margaret H.
Titel	The Acceptability of Online Degrees Earned as a Credential for Obtaining Employment
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 55 (2006) 1, S.32-45 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Job Applicants; Online Courses; Academic Degrees; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Distance Education; Personnel Selection; Attitude Measures; Employer Attitudes; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewerber; Online course; Online-Kurs; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; USA
Abstract	A national survey of hiring executives was conducted to assess the acceptability of a job applicant's qualifications for employment that included a degree earned solely online or one that included a significant amount of online coursework. The questionnaire was sent in response to job advertisements posted in newspapers in eight major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. It described three hypothetical applicants: One earned a degree through a "traditional" institution; a second obtained a degree solely online from a "virtual" institution; and a third obtained a degree by "mixed" online and traditional coursework. The question addressed by this study is whether a job applicant who has earned a bachelor's degree entirely or partially online has the same chance of being hired as one whose degree was completed through traditional coursework. The findings appear to indicate rather clearly that they are not. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10