In this day and age, the internet is used for everything. Everything except teaching classes at groundbreaking research universities, that is. Currently, UCLA offers just under 60 online classes ...

For the first time, state legislators in the United States may require their public universities to grant students credit for online courses given by outside providers.

Freshman in general can struggle even in traditional, face-to-face classes. They drop, fail or just barely pass traditional courses that can be compared with an online offering at a 20-percent rate.

Credit recovery is not new in Michigan schools, but an expert says there's been a resurgence since the pandemic.