WASHINGTON -- A tumultuous three months of back-and-forth between U.S. Department of Education officials and representatives across higher education culminated last week in proposals that clarify and ...

For courses and programs offered via distance education in which students may be eligible to use Title IV funds (federal financial aid), the Department of Education (ED) requires that institutions ...

Distance education began with correspondence coursework sent through the postal mail services and continues today. Most modern distance education uses technological means such as computers, the ...

The Department of Education revisited proposed changes to asynchronous clock, credit-hour, and subscription-based programs in distance education. In previous years, the Department of Education’s final ...

Karen Gatewood is the assistant program director of Harcum College's Medical Laboratory Technician program. Distance education needs to be clearly defined and understood for a variety of reasons.