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Monday, December 05, 2005
Long-distance learning programs let far-away students earn degrees - Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For the past two years, Bala Murphy has spent at least one evening a week at class and countless hours on his computer completing homework and projects for his master of science degree in information technology from Carnegie Mellon University. And he did it without ever having to set foot on the Oakland campus -- until last May, when the Michigan resident showed up for his graduation ceremony. The 42-year-old global program manager at General Motors Corp. in Warren, Mich., was one of 22 GM employees who graduated last spring from CMU with a degree created specifically for the automaker's technology managers. Instead of taking time off to attend classes and complete their projects in Pittsburgh, the GM employees viewed lectures delivered on campus via CD-ROM disks that were sent to Michigan, and communicated with CMU faculty and fellow students via e-mail, telephone and Internet sites. At test time, the students went to sites near their homes or offices where a proctor supervised the exam.
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