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Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education programs now dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过)

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问题     Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education programs now dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过) even the largest state university teachers’ colleges.
    A USA TODAY analysis of newly released U.S. Department of Education data finds that four big universities, operating mostly online, have quickly become the largest education schools in the USA. Last year the four — three of which are for-profit — awarded one in 16 bachelor’s degrees and post-graduate awards and nearly one in 11 advanced education awards, including master’s degrees and doctorates.
    A decade ago, the for-profit University of Phoenix awarded 72 education degrees to teachers, administrators and other school personnel through its online program, according to federal data. Last year, it awarded nearly 6,000 degrees, more than any other university.
    Traditional colleges still produce most of the bachelor’s degrees in teaching — ASU topped the list with 979 bachelor’s degrees in 2011. But online schools such as Phoenix and Walden University awarded thousands more master’s degrees than even the top traditional schools, all of which are pushing to offer online coursework.
    "We shouldn’t be surprised because the whole industry is moving in that direction," said Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. "The thing I would be interested in knowing is the degree to which they are simply pushing these things out in order to generate dollars or whether there’s some real innovation in there."
    For-profit universities have been the subject of intense scrutiny in Congress. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, last week released findings from a two-year investigation showing that they cost more than comparable not-for-profit schools and have higher dropout rates. For-profits, the investigation found, enroll about 10% of U.S. college students but account for nearly 50% of student loan defaults.
    Online education schools, many of which have open-enrollment policies similar to community colleges, say their offerings are high quality.
    Janet Williams, interim associate dean for educator licensure programs at Walden’s Richard W Riley College of Education & Leadership, said her student-teachers must undergo a full semester in a real-live K-12 school as a "demonstration teacher," paired with a master teacher and supervisor in the school district.
    Meredith Curley, dean of the University of Phoenix College of Education, said many students are returning to complete their education after starting families and changing careers. Their average age is 33, she said, and many work while they attend classes. Becky Lodewyck, Phoenix’s associate dean, said teaching candidates must complete at least 100 hours of field experience. She said online classes are "incredibly dynamic" and have the potential to hold students more accountable than face-to-face classes. "You can’t hide," she said. "Everyone participates — everyone has to be fully engaged in the work."
The for-profit University of Phoenix______.
选项 A、became the largest online education university
B、made great profit from its online program
C、enlarged the scale of its online education
D、surpassed the traditional universities in scale
答案C
解析 第3段提到，十年前，盈利性的凤凰大学城通过网上教育给老师、行政人员和其他学校职员颁发了72个教育学学位。去年，它颁发的学位数量近6000个，超过了任何一所学校。由此可见，凤凰大学城网上教育的规模得到了长足发展，故C)符合题意。文中说的是它颁发的学位数量超过了任何一所学校，但并不表示它要比其他大学规模更大，故A)属于过度推断，可以排除。文中没有提到凤凰大学城的盈利情况，故B)属于无中生有。文中提到像凤凰大学城等网上颁发的硕士学位数量甚至比顶级的传统大学多数千个，但并没有拿凤凰大学城的规模与传统大学作比较，故D)也无从得知。
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