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College Leaders Consider Making Florida’s Next Public University Online-Only

The Board of Governors was presented with four options for distance learning, including an online-only university.

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The Miami Herald

Georgetown University Joins edX

EdX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced the addition of Georgetown University to its group of educational leaders who are focused on providing a category-leading, quality higher education experience to the global online community.

Survey Says Millennials Support Online Education

Millennials are concerned about the high cost of college, and that worry is leading them to be more supportive online education, a new poll from Northeastern University finds.

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Huffington Post

The Achieve Degree: Meeting the Needs of Students with Autism

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Dana Reinecke
University Business, December 2012

As a consultant to schools on programming for students with autism, I’m used to proposing ideas and hearing, “Sounds great, but sorry, we can’t do that.” Good intentions sometimes can’t overcome limitations in resources. But when I proposed the development of a bachelor’s degree designed to meet the specific needs of students with autism to The Sage Colleges (N.Y.), the response was very different. From the president on down, the prevailing attitude was, “How can we make this happen?”

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Cross Enrollment For College Students May Expand In Louisiana

Students enrolled in any public college or university should be able to take online courses at any other university inside or outside the student's original system, a Louisiana Board of Regents member said Wednesday. "It will take coordination," Joseph Wiley, secretary of the Board of Regents, said of the idea of cross enrollment courses.

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The Times-Picayune

CourseTalk Launches A Yelp For Open Online Courses And What This Means For Higher Education

One of the most popular topics in education technology these days is the subject of MOOCs, otherwise known as “Massive Open Online Courses.”

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TechCrunch

Does Online Education Actually Work? (Opinion)

Conventional wisdom states that the future of higher education lies online.

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Minding the Campus

Millennials Support Online Education, Concerned About College Costs

Millennials are concerned about the high cost of college, and that worry is leading them to be more supportive online education, a new poll from Northeastern University finds.

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The Huffington Post

University of Miami Offers First Free Online Class to High School Students to Prepare for the SAT

The University of Miami Global Academy (UMGA) launched the world’s first free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for high school students, which began on November 26.

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