Distance education

Investors are buying traditional institutions -- but the hurdles, including "cultural risks," are many.

Distance education program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College reaches for a new constituency: truckers.

In a move that could prove a harbinger of things to come, a New York agency now contends that a distance education course is subject to state sales tax.

Three years after establishing branch campus in United Arab Emirates, George Mason is closing its operations there -- highlighting the difficulties of such ventures.

California community college plans certificate curriculum combining traditional Great Books approach with electronic delivery.

Community colleges see more growth. Assessment of student learning emerges as a top issue for administrators of these programs.

North Central wants to know more about arrangements between StraighterLine and Ellis, Fort Hays State and Grand Canyon Universities.

Community colleges consider: What happens when your online enrollments hit 50 percent (or some other level that changes nature of the institution)?

Thanks to sets of do-it-yourself experiment packages, lab science courses are slowly gaining acceptance in online delivery.

It is superior in student learning to face-to-face instruction, says new meta-analysis from Education Department. And "blended" education does better still.