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From Capital to CampusHigher Education staffer Rachel Hendrickson recently participated in a U.S. Department of Education focus group to help implement the department's Distance Education Demonstration Program. The demonstration programs, authorized by the 1998 amendments to the Higher Education Act, are intended to help determine the best ways to deliver distance education. This new law allows the U.S. secretary of education to waive Department of Education requirements for participating institutions in a number of areas, including such areas as time spent in class, length of the school year, and the percentage of an institution's students served by distance education. The focus group is part of the department's effort to ensure quality in the program... Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships also authorized by the Higher Education Act amendments, provide grants to model distance education programs or for innovative educational software development. Information on Learning Anytime Anywhere and the demonstration programs is available at the department's Web site: www.ed.gov... To subscribe to the NEA E-mail Legislative Alert: Send to lyris@list.nea.org this message: Subscribe hecongress. Comments on the Advocate? E-mail CLehane@nea.org or visit the Advocate Online on the NEA Higher Education Web site: www.nea.org/he. Tell us about your legislative news. |
