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Thursday, March 11, 2004
DISTANCE EDUCATION: Improved Data on Program Costs and Guidelines on Quality Assessments - Government Accounting Office
While federal restrictions on the size of distance education programs affect only a small number of schools’ ability to offer federal student aid, the growing popularity of distance education could cause the number to increase in the future. GAO found that 14 schools were either now adversely affected by the restrictions or would be affected in the future; collectively, these schools serve nearly 225,000 students. Eight of these schools, however, will remain eligible to offer federal student aid because they have been granted waivers from the restrictions by Education.... According to Education, the Demonstration Program revealed no evidence that waiving the current restrictions results in negative consequences, and in its most recent report on the program, Education said that there is a need to amend the laws and regulations governing federal student financial aid to expand distance education opportunities.
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