Academic Stress in Online Higher Education

Online higher education commodity

This article analyzes the current trend towards online education. It examines some of the reasons for the trend and the ramifications it may have on students, faculty and institutions of higher learning. The success and profitability of online programs and institutions such as the University of Phoenix has helped to make the move towards online education more appealing to other institutions, as...

Transformations in Higher Education: Online Distance Learning

Higher education is undergoing radical shifts that are part of the larger wave of changes taking place in our society. The transformation affects all sectors of higher education, especially distance learning and how it relates to the University’s regular offerings. I begin with clarifying the terms commonly associated with distance learning and elaborate on two main instructional models of onli...

[Academic stress, desertion, and retention strategies for students in higher education].

A systematic review was performed to specify the characteristics of academic stress that affect the mental health of the university population. To do this, recent publications regarding academic stress, student desertion, and retention strategies were examined. Throughout this text, we present the results of the review in terms of the definitions of academic stress, student desertion, and reten...

Occupational stress of academic staff in South African higher education institutions

The objectives in this study were to identify the indicators of occupational stress for academic staff in South African higher education institutions, to analyse the differences between the occupational stress of different demographic groups, and to investigate whether occupational stressors predict ill health and a lack of organisational commitment of academics in higher education institutions...

Stress and Higher Education Breakdown