美国高校在线教育面临的机遇与挑战——来自斯隆联盟的系列调查评估报告

Opportunities and Challenges of Online Higher Education in the United States——An introduction to the annual reports supported by the Sloan Consortium

在线教育已经成为美国高等教育体系中的一个重要组成部分。在斯隆基金会的资助下，斯隆联盟自2003年至2008年发表了一系列关于美国高校在线教育的调查报告。本文以这些报告的内容为基础，分析了美国高校在线教育发展的现状与机遇以及面临的问题与挑战。

Online education has been an important element of U.S. higher education. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan Consortium has done a series of research surveys to focus on online higher education in U.S. from 2003 to 2008. Based on its six reports, the paper analyses the opportunities and challenges of online education in U.S. higher education and its enlightenment for our universities.