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Friday, April 02, 2010
Online Learning: Federal government to supply $500M for online courses - Alissa Gulin, the Diamondback
The proposal dedicates $500 million over the next decade to creating open-access online courses as part the American Graduation Initiative — President Barack Obama’s goal to achieve the highest international graduation rates — and aims to create an “online skills laboratory” for students to take for credit through community colleges or other institutions. The investment in online courses, a small slice of the $61 billion total education package, comes from money saved by streamlining the federal student loan program.
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