Online classes: convenient, money saving - Melissa Payne, News Link Indiana

Taking an online class is one way students are getting ahead and even saving gas money. Kenneth Hall, a history professor at Ball State University, said online enrollment is on the rise and that convenience has students signing up.... The popularity of online classes is more than students not leaving their houses to get their grades, but also the rising gas prices – students do not have to commute to campus or other off-campus sites and save more money on fuel.