by Evelyn Beck

HOW ARE EMPLOYERS judging the value of the courses we're teaching on-line? What do they think of candidates whose entire degree was earned via the Internet? The results of a number of recent studies are mixed, with many business professionals uneasy about the quality of on-line learning but a majority of academics convinced that web courses are just as effective as classroom-based education.

For example, a September 2000 survey of 239 human resource professionals by Vault.com, a career resources firm based in New York City, found that skepticism is high. Only 26 percent believed that an on-line undergraduate degree was as good as one earned by attending classes on campus, particularly if the degree came from a virtual university such as Jones International.

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