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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Students Earn Degrees Online - Angela Blanchard, KFYR
Lesley Frohlich is planning to graduate in June with a 2 year degree in business management. But she has never been required to set foot in class. A majority of colleges and universities are now offering online courses. One study shows at least 2.3 million people took an online course in 2004. Online learning was originally designed for students living far from campus. Now, that`s not always the case. Frohlich lives just fifteen minutes from school, but taking online courses allows her to fit class time into her daily schedule. "I can my homework at eight in the morning or two in the morning," she says. "It`s flexible. It fits wherever I want it to."
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Hi Ray- Seems as though more articles keep coming out over the wire re: distance learning. Anne Fisher, senior editor over at Fortune, published a great article yesterday titled, 'Online Learning Just Got Easier'. Apparently congress slipped at $39.5 billion budget packaged that passed both houses requiring collegs and vocational collegs to offer at least 50% of their courses in traditional bricks-and-mortar classrooms before their students can qualify for federal loan programs. Read the entire story here . Feedback on this article is appreciated!
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