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Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model

November 5, 2013June 22, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based…

Rules could prompt colleges to pull online programs from some states

November 23, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Online college students in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Minnesota soon could have more limited school options as colleges and universities plan to withdraw their online programs from those states…

New online-learning rule could have worst impact on small states

March 28, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Colleges with online programs might withdraw from states, mostly in the northeast, that have small populations and stringent requirements for distance education courses when the Education Department’s “state…

Indiana forms state branch of private online college

June 23, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

In a move that could signal the start of a larger trend, an agreement between the state of Indiana and a private online university will allow Indiana residents…

ED OKs proctors, secure logins for online tests

July 21, 2009July 10, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Web-based college programs won't have to buy pricey monitoring gadgets like cameras and fingerprint or eye scanners to satisfy the requirements of a section in the recently reauthorized…

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