2002
National U. Creates a For-Profit Company to Run Growing Online Programs (12/13/2002)
MIT's Open Window: Putting course materials online, the university faces high expectations (12/6/2002)
Virtual Faith: A Christian university tries to preserve its values as it moves into distance education (11/22/2002)
12-Hour Rule, Viewed as Limiting Distance Education, Expires (11/15/2002)
Distance Education Attracts Older Women Who Have Families and Jobs, Study Finds (11/8/2002)
U. of Mississippi Rescinds 3 Degrees
(11/1/2002)
Phoenix Rises: The university's online program attracts students, profits, and praise (11/1/2002)
Online colleges complain about traditional institutions' tough credit-transfer policies (10/18/2002)
Online colleges complain about traditional institutions' tough credit-transfer policies (10/18/2002)
Chinese Institutions Look Toward Distance Education (10/18/2002)
Congress Unlikely to Ease Limits on Aid for Distance Programs (10/11/2002)
House Votes to Ease Copyright Rules (10/11/2002)
Union Seeks Agreement With U. of Mass. on Distance Education (9/27/2002)
Students Embrace the Internet, but Not as a Replacement to Classrooms, Study Finds (9/27/2002)
Jones Knowledge Will Give Away Its Course-Management System (9/20/2002)
A Hard-Fought Win for Distance Education May Lead to Few Real Changes (9/6/2002)
Alliance Backed by Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Offers Courses to the Public (9/6/2002)
House Panel Votes to Ease Copyright Restrictions (8/9/2002)
3 Iowa Universities Go Online to Preserve Eastern European Language Courses (7/19/2002)
Bar Association Seeks to Ease Rules on Distance Education for Law Schools (7/5/2002)
W.Va. Students Get New Option on Online Courses (7/5/2002)
International Consortium Readies Ambitious Distance-Education Effort (6/28/2002)
Britain's Open U. Gets a Partner From America (6/14/2002)
The 24-Hour Professor (5/31/2002)
Accreditors Offer Views on Distance Programs (5/24/2002)
Short on Money, African Virtual University Will Distribute Courses, Not Create Them (5/17/2002)
Chinese Universities and Overseas Institutions Work Together on Distance Programs (5/17/2002)
Many Students' Favorite Professors Shun Distance Education (5/10/2002)
Columbia Senate Questions Spending on Fathoms (5/10/2002)
Pacific-Rim Colleges Consider Prospects for a Virtual University (5/10/2002)
Ford and GM Establish Distance-Education Programs for Employees (5/3/2002)
Illinois Board Backs Plan to Fight Phony Degrees (4/19/2002)
Seton Hall Creates Free Software for Multimedia Presentations (4/19/2002)
States Ignore Proposed 'E-Rate' for Distance-Course Tuition (4/12/2002)
Regulating Kennedy-Western --Êor Not (4/12/2002)
Moonlighting for an Unaccredited University (4/12/2002)
Historically Black Colleges Grapple With Online Education (4/5/2002)
Wired to the Hilt (3/29/2002)
Colleges Tailor Online Degrees for Individual Companies (3/29/2002)
'Hybrid' Teaching Seeks to End the Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction (3/22/2002)
Online Students Don't Fare as Well as Classroom Counterparts, Study Finds (3/15/2002)
U.S. Education Dept. Accused of Stacking the Deck on a Controversial Rule (3/8/2002)
SUNY-Buffalo Drops Online M.B.A. Program (3/8/2002)
Sylvan Gains Controlling Interest in Walden (3/8/2002)
Ever So Slowly, Colleges Start to Count Work With Technology in Tenure Decisions (2/22/2002)
Fathom Adds Training to Distance-Education Offerings (2/22/2002)
United States Open U. to Close After Spending $20-Million (2/15/2002)
Army's Huge Distance-Education Effort Wins Many Supporters in Its First Year (2/8/2002)
Distance-Education Critic's Book Takes Aim at Army's Efforts (2/8/2002)
Questions Linger Over Rise and Fall of Online Program (2/1/2002)
America Online Seeks to Steer Subscribers to Distance-Education Providers (1/25/2002)
Stanford U. Considers Distance Guidelines (1/11/2002)
Kentucky Adds Online Tools for High-School Students Preparing for College (1/11/2002)
2001
Getting Ready for a New Generation of Course-Management Systems (12/21/2001)
Army's Distance-Education Project Seeks More Colleges as Participants (12/21/2001)
Debating the Demise of NYUonline (12/14/2001)
Copyright Bill's Fate Worries Distance Educators (11/30/2001)
U. of Washington Creates Online High-School Courses (11/30/2001)
Columbia Starts Online-Education Portal (11/30/2001)
3 Companies That Sell Course Software Say They Are Raking in Money (11/16/2001)
Students in 3 States Use Internet Collaboration to Learn Together (11/2/2001)
Cornell's Distance-Education Arm Readies New Program, and Hopes for Profits (11/2/2001)
Higher-Education Council Backs a New Virtual University for Virginia (11/2/2001)
House Votes to Ease Regulations on Distance Education (10/26/2001)
Catholic Colleges Use Distance Education to Train Lay Ministers (10/19/2001)
Expectations Evaporate for Online MBA Programs (10/5/2001)
New Online University for Conservatives Takes Its Text From the American Revolution (10/5/2001)
Pakistan Will Establish a Virtual University (10/5/2001)
Sweden Plans Nationwide 'Net U.' (10/5/2001)
Islamic Group Backs Indonesian Institution (10/5/2001)
Education Department Cuts New Distance-Education Grants (9/28/2001)
Distance Education Is Harder on Women Than on Men, Study Finds (9/28/2001)
Chapel Hill Seeks Best Role for Students' Laptops (9/21/2001)
Universitas 21 Moves Forward With Plans for Online University (9/21/2001)
Laptop Proposal Stalls in Massachusetts (9/21/2001)
Should Distance Students Pay for Campus-Based Services? (9/14/2001)
Union Offers Warning on Distance Education (9/14/2001)
Tunisia Plans an Online University (9/14/2001)
New Virtual University in Virginia Would Let Students Create Own Programs (9/14/2001)
Business Schools, Fed Up With Internet Use During Classes, Force Students to Log Off (9/7/2001)
New Online Effort Will Help Developing Nations (9/7/2001)
Bill Aimed at Increasing Financial Aid for Online Students Stalls in Congress (8/17/2001)
Professors Publish Teaching Portfolios Online (8/17/2001)
With National e-University, Britain Gets in the Online-Education Game (8/17/2001)
Thomson Will Shut Down Harcourt's Online College (8/10/2001)
Maryland Colleges Train Professors to Teach Online (8/10/2001)
U.S. Army's Portal Is Up and Running (8/10/2001)
Federal Report on Key Aid Rule Avoids Making Recommendations (8/10/2001)
House Panel Endorses Distance-Education Bill (7/27/2001)
Temple U. Shuts Down For-Profit Distance-Education Company (7/20/2001)
Telecourses Change Channels (7/13/2001)
PBS Sticks to Its Strategy for Telecourses, Unafraid of Competition From the Internet (7/13/2001)
Educators Are Unlikely to Lose Their Broadcast Frequencies (7/13/2001)
High-Definition Television Could Change Telecourses and Online Learning (7/13/2001)
U. of Washington to Use Short Versions of Distance Courses as Marketing Tools (7/6/2001)
Grants Help MIT Put Course Materials Online (6/29/2001)
Popular Thai Singer Defends Distance Education in Face of Government Skepticism (6/29/2001)
How a Princeton Classicist Leads in Instructional Technology (6/29/2001)
Guidelines Assist Credit Transfer (6/29/2001)
Professor Says Distance Education Will Flop Unless Universities Revamp Themselves (6/29/2001)
Senate Bill Would Help Online Instructors (6/22/2001)
Developing Countries Turn to Distance Education (6/15/2001)
Distance Education Plays Unusual Role in Cuba's Literate but Desolate Society (6/15/2001)
U. of Vermont Considers Intellectual-Property Policy to Foster Distance Education (6/8/2001)
A Distance-Education Student Puts His Lessons to Work on a Farm (6/1/2001)
Report Cites Advantages of Online Study (6/1/2001)
Leery About Use of Their Names, Michigan and Toronto Opt Out of Universitas 21 (5/18/2001)
Time-Management Skills Are One Key to Success for Online Students (5/11/2001)
Iowa Plans an Online-Education Network (5/11/2001)
Union Publishes Guide Citing High Cost of Distance Education (5/11/2001)
Rich in Cash and Prestige, UNext Struggles in Its Search for Sales (5/4/2001)
U. of Alaska System Plans Statewide Distance-Learning Program (4/27/2001)
European Nations Promote Online Education (4/27/2001)
MIT Will Place Course Materials Online (4/20/2001)
Assessment Takes Center Stage in Online Learning (4/13/2001)
Japan Will Allow Universities to Grant Credit for Online Courses (4/13/2001)
Accreditors Finish Guidelines on Online Programs (4/6/2001)
In Cyberuniversities, a Place for South Korea's Women (4/6/2001)
ECollege Announces Plan to Lay Off 35 Employees (4/6/2001)
A Columbia U. Professor Praises the Interactivity of Teaching Online (4/6/2001)
Educators Praise Bill to Ease Copyright Restrictions (3/30/2001)
At One University, Royalties Entice Professors to Design Web Courses (3/30/2001)
Distance-Education Road Show (3/30/2001)
University of Phoenix Begins Advertising Blitz (3/30/2001)
States Struggle to Regulate Online Colleges That Lack Accreditation (3/23/2001)
At Washington State U., a Student Government for Online Learners (3/16/2001)
Global University Alliance Will Promote Own Courses (3/16/2001)
Universities Cross State Lines for Online Degree (3/16/2001)
Australian Students Object to Online-University Consortium (3/9/2001)
Nebraska Looks Beyond Its Borders for Students (3/2/2001)
5 Unions Urge Caution on Universitas 21's Venture With Thomson (3/2/2001)
As Online Education Surges, Some Colleges Remain Untouched (2/23/2001)
Report Urges Canada to Invest in Online Learning (2/23/2001)
For-Profit Web Venture Shifts Gears, Hoping to Find a Way to Make a Profit (2/9/2001)
Report to Congress Says Financial-Aid Rules Are Hurting Distance Programs (2/9/2001)
Union Offers Standards for Distance Education (2/2/2001)
Colorado's Public Institutions Will Cooperate in Distance Education (1/26/2001)
Canadians Ponder How to Develop Networks for Distance Education (1/26/2001)
Canadians Ponder How to Develop Networks for Distance Education (1/26/2001)
A Day in the Life of a New Type of Professor (1/12/2001)
Seeking Online Students, Franklin U. Builds Ties to 2-Year Colleges (1/12/2001)
Oakland U. Begins Online MBA Program for Students in Lebanon (1/12/2001)
Italian University Consortium Readies Satellite Ph.D. Courses (1/12/2001)
Australian Officials Question Quality of Online Program (1/12/2001)
Education Dept. Allows Accreditor to Evaluate Distance-Education Programs (1/5/2001)
Distance-Education Grants Get $30-Million in Budget Bill (1/5/2001)
Army Picks Consulting Group to Run Distance-Education Effort (1/5/2001)
Commission Says Federal Rules on Distance Education Must Be Updated (1/5/2001)
2000
College Group Ends Talks With Murdoch's Company (12/24/2000)
Multinational Consortium of Universities to Work With Corporation on Distance Learning (12/15/2000)
Accrediting Panel Grants Candidate Status to Western Governors U. (12/15/2000)
Critics Decry Canadian Government's Aid to a For-Profit Online Institution (12/15/2000)
World Bank Becomes a Player in Distance Education (12/8/2000)
Web Company Founded by Columbia U. Opens a Beta Version of Its Site (12/1/2000)
Watchdogs Question an Online College Offering Credit for Experience (12/1/2000)
Colleges and Companies Team Up to Vie for Role in Army Program (11/27/2000)
Proposal to Expand Distance Education in Mexico Stirs Controversy (11/27/2000)
7 Institutions Form Canadian Virtual University (10/27/2000)
Navy Picks Institutions for Online-Learning Effort (11/27/2000)
Online Technology Helps Community Colleges Treat Students Like Customers (11/24/2000)
Colleges Receive Tips on Joining Federal Effort on Aid for Online-Education Students (11/3/2000)
Social Bonds Found to Be Crucial in Online Education (10/27/2000)
Carnegie Mellon U. Will Offer Online Programming Classes in India (10/27/2000)
Study Assesses What Participants Look for in High-Quality Online Courses (10/27/2000)
A University Moves to Require Distance Courses (10/20/2000)
Oregon and Idaho Seek Way to Regulate Virtual College Outside Their Authority (10/13/2000)
U. of Phoenix Sells $70-Million Worth of Stock in Its Distance-Education Efforts (10/13/2000)
Colorado State U. Plans a Virtual Expansion to Train Technology Workers (10/13/2000)
A President Finds That Building a Reputation Is Difficult
for an Online Institution (10/13/2000)
Virtual Reality on a Desktop Hailed as New Tool in Distance Education (10/6/2000)
Oxford, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale Plan Distance-Education Venture (10/6/2000)
Arizona Plans to Create a Virtual University (10/6/2000)
Legislative Audit Criticizes Western Governors University (10/6/2000)
A Tribal College Sticks to Its Values as It Embraces Distance Education (9/29/2000)
Army Releases Details of Its Plan for Online Education for Soldiers (9/29/2000)
Turkey's Old-Fashioned Distance Education Draws the Largest Student Body on Earth (9/22/2000)
American College Finds Challenges in Delivering Distance Education Abroad (9/22/2000)
Pilot Aid Project Will Seek Distance Programs (9/15/2000)
California Virtual Campus Dusts Off the Online Catalog of a Predecessor (9/15/2000)
Canada Creates an Online-Learning Committee (9/15/2000)
More States Create Virtual High Schools (9/15/2000)
Accrediting Bodies Consider New Standards for Distance-Education Programs (9/8/2000)
Columbia's Fathom Site Attracts 4 More Prominent Partners (9/8/2000)
Harcourt's Virtual College Readies Launch (9/8/2000)
DeVry Receives Accreditation to Offer Bachelor's Degrees Online (9/8/2000)
Distance Educators Advised to Play to the Camera (9/8/2000)
Army Bombshell Rocks Distance Education (8/18/2000)
Online-Course Company Makes Only a Few Inroads in Working With Elite Colleges (8/18/2000)
Spending Bill for Pentagon Includes Small Sums for Distance Education (8/18/2000)
Distance-education Is Top Concern of Campus-Computing Officials, Survey Finds (8/18/2000)
Turning Traditional Courses Into Distance Education (8/4/2000)
Worksheet Helps Colleges Anticipate Costs of Distance Education (7/28/2000)
New Project Brings Peer Review to Web Materials for Teaching (7/28/2000)
Faculty Union Opposes Undergraduate Degrees Earned Entirely Through Distance Learning (7/21/2000)
3 Top Business Schools to Offer Virtual Instruction (7/14/2000)
British Government Plans Online Vocational University (7/14/2000)
India Uses Distance Education to Meet Huge Demand for Degrees (7/14/2000)
Hong Kong's Boom in Distance Education May Be a Sign of What's to Come in Asia (7/14/2000)
Standards Released on How Colleges Should Prepare Teachers to Use Technology (7/14/2000)
Army Plans to Offer Laptops and Distance Education to All Soldiers (7/14/2000)
Moving the Seminar Table to the Computer Screen (7/7/2000)
Financial Difficulties Put Entrepreneur's 'Internet University' on Hold (7/7/2000)
Many Professors Are Optimistic on Distance-learning, Survey Finds (7/7/2000)
Accreditors Delay Vote on Western Governors U. (6/23/2000)
Online Program in Colorado Will Offer 4-Year Degrees in Rural Regions (6/23/2000)
South African Universities Grapple With the Growth of Distance Learning (6/23/2000)
Companies Use Online 'Universities' to Lure Customers (6/23/2000)
Commercial Sites Outbid Medical Schools for Instructors in Continuing Education (6/16/2000)
A New Site Offers Free Courses, but First Students Must See Words From the Sponsors (6/16/2000)
Duke U. Moves to Set Policies on Online Courses (6/9/2000)
George Washington U. Tries to Sell Software It Created to Put Courses Online (6/9/2000)
Faculty Members Are Wary of Distance-Education Ventures (6/9/2000)
Sloan Foundation Turns Its Attention From Creating Programs to Promoting Them (6/2/2000)
Rupert Murdoch's Company Joins With 18 Universities in Distance-Education Venture (6/2/2000)
U.S. Lawmaker Questions Quality of the Online-Learning Experience (5/26/2000)
South Dakota and Tennessee Join the Ranks of States Building Virtual Universities (5/26/2000)
2 Models for Collaboration in Distance Education (5/19/2000)
Distance Education Transforms Help Desks Into '24-7' Operations (5/26/2000)
2 Models for Collaboration in Distance Education (5/19/2000)
The Lowly Telephone Is Central to Some Distance-Education Courses (5/12/2000)
Jesuit Colleges Try to Bring Their Values to Online Education (5/12/2000)
Harvard Considers Limits on Teaching Online Courses for Other Institutions (5/12/2000)
A College's Detailed Policy on Distance Education (5/12/2000)
Closely Watched UNext Rolls Out Its First Courses (5/12/2000)
Colo. Delays Vote on Who Owns Online Courses (5/12/2000)
Online High-School Programs Plan to Market Courses Internationally (5/5/2000)
Virtual Universities Pledge to Ease Transfer and Encourage Other Kinds of Collaboration (5/5/2000)
Rewards Remain Dim for Professors Who Pursue Digital Scholarship (4/28/2000)
Thailand Approves Foreign Degree Awarded via Distance Learning (4/21/2000)
Science Instructors Ask: Can You Teach Students at a Distance How to Use Microscopes? (4/14/2000)
U. of Texas at Austin Devises Web-Based Math Course for Children of Migrants(4/14/2000)
Online Learning's 'Yellow Pages' Are Bracing for a Shakeout (4/14/2000)
For-Profit Web Venture Seeks to Replicate the University Experience Online (4/14/2000)
Mount Holyoke Looks at How the Web Can Improve Classroom Instruction (4/7/2000)
A Study Produces a List of 24 Benchmarks for Quality Distance-education (4/7/2000)
Even Public Speaking Can Be Taught Online (3/24/2000)
Southern Educators Seek to Cut Tuition Rates for Online Courses (3/31/2000)
Community Colleges in Pennsylvania Create an Online Consortium (3/31/2000)
Crowded Cal State U. Campuses Are Asked to Add Distance-Education Programs (3/31/2000)
David Noble's Battle to Defend the 'Sacred Space' of the Classroom (3/31/2000)
Cornell Creates a For-Profit Subsidiary to Market Distance-Education Programs (3/24/2000)
Software Billionaire Aims to Create Free Online University (3/24/2000)
Community Colleges in Illinois Seek to Share Their Courses Online (3/24/2000)
Princeton, Stanford, and Yale Plan Alliance to Offer Online Courses to Alumni (3/17/2000)
In Some States, Governors Are Told, Distance Learning Is Too Regulated (3/10/2000)
Online Psychology Instruction Is Effective, but Not Satisfying, Study Finds (3/10/2000)
Indiana U. Scholar Says Distance Education Requires New Approach to Teaching (3/10/2000)
Bob Jones U. Offers Its Controversial Curriculum to High-School Students Online (3/10/2000)
Engineers Gain Option in Continuing Education (3/10/2000)
Chapman U. Administrator Studies Distance Learning's Effect on Faculty Pay (3/3/2000)
Dispatches From Distance Education, Where Class Is Always in Session (3/3/2000)
Britain Announces Project to Compete Globally in Distance Education (3/3/2000)
Spain Joins World Bank Push for Distance Education in Third World (3/3/2000)
Professorial Apparition Enhances Remote Teaching (2/25/2000)
A Key Senator Dismisses Need for Legislation to Assure the Quality of Distance Education (2/18/2000)
Assessing the Quality of Online Courses Remains a Challenge, Educators Agree (2/18/2000)
Instructor Takes Steps To Enliven Online Class (2/18/2000)
Lehigh Creates Online Courses for Admitted Applicants (2/18/2000)
Distance and Classroom Education Seen as Equally Effective (2/18/2000)
Expert Explains How to Land That Distance-Education Grant (2/11/2000)
As Distance Education Comes of Age, the Challenge Is Keeping the Students (2/11/2000)
Arkansas Tests Online Courses to Ease a Shortage of Nurses (2/11/2000)
John A. Logan College Attracts Distance-Education Students With Offbeat Courses (2/11/2000)
University Uses New Format to Send Televised Courses by Computer (2/11/2000)
New Master Plan in Washington State Calls for More Online Instruction (2/4/2000)
New Technology Companies Go After Academics for Their Boards (2/4/2000)
Virtual Universities Look for Ways to Build School Spirit (2/4/2000)
A Distance-Education Advocate Calls for Better Financing for Such Programs (2/4/2000)
Advice for the Online Instructor: Keep It Interpersonal (1/28/2000)
A Web-Based Primer Focuses on Environmental Hazards to Children (1/28/2000)
Distance-Education Company Woos Bastions of the Liberal Arts (1/28/2000)
Survey Finds Accounting Professors Skeptical of Internet-Based Courses (1/28/2000)
Founding Dean of Online Law School Defends Its Approach (1/21/2000)
Law Professors Told to Expect Competition From Virtual Learning (1/21/2000)
Historians Differ on Impact of Distance Education in Their Discipline (1/21/2000)
Faculty Report at U. of Illinois Casts Skeptical Eye on Distance Education (1/14/2000)
Indiana U.'s Virtual High School Criticized Over Accreditation (1/14/2000)
Enrollment Growth Remains Slow at Western Governors U. (1/14/2000)
A New Web Site Aims to Direct Students to Online Courses, but Price Is Steep (1/7/2000)
Survey Finds 72% Rise in Number of Distance-Education Programs (1/7/2000)
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