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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Earning a degree online just got easier - Anne Fisher, FORTUNE
If you're interested in earning a degree online - whether it's an undergraduate sheepskin; an MBA or other advanced degree; or technical certification -- Congress did you a big favor last week. Slipped into a $39.5 billion budget package that passed both houses last Tuesday was a provision that repealed what used to be known as "the 50-50 rule," which required colleges and vocational schools to offer at least 50% of their courses in traditional bricks-and-mortar classrooms before their students could qualify for federal loan programs. Now that the 50-50 rule is history, long-distance learning is accessible to many more students.
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