Roughly 28% of all students in higher education – undergraduate and graduate – are enrolled exclusively in distance education ...

Online learning has been top-of-mind for many people in the last year, even for those who don’t have school-aged children. We have all had to expand the ways we work, meet and learn. Everyone has ...

Beginning in 2020, online learning, also known as distance learning or e-learning, has gained more popularity due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. As restrictions loosened, enrollment has ...

With Mississippi State’s online degree programs offered through the Center for Distance Education, students close to campus or around the world can choose from more than 50 accredited online programs ...

Title: Distance Education Policy Effective Date: June 1, 2024 Responsible Office: Office of the Provost Revision Date: April 23, 2025 This policy applies to William & Mary (W&M) as a whole university, ...

In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General audited Western Governors University and labeled it a “correspondence education” provider rather than a “distance education” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Griffin covers postsecondary education and the future of work. In recent days, I’ve been reflecting on my time as a policy ...

The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.

online-education takeoff of the late 1990s, with more colleges offering more distance-education courses and more students taking them, according to survey results released in July by the U.S.

Online learning is big business, and it encourages a more businesslike model of curriculum development, says Alex Wright, a freelance writer. Distance learning is “a $5-billion a year market -- up 38 ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...