In many cases, distance-education programs are also changing the nature of teaching -- or at least how colleges think about teaching. Anthony J. Felicetti, associate vice president for academic ...

The growth engine is adult learners. And adults, by definition, require flexibility, predictable scheduling and services ...

Eager to offer more-competitive benefits, Ford Motor Company and General Motors are sponsoring programs that will let employees earn degrees through distance education. Starting this September, ...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) last month proposed new guidelines to strengthen its oversight and data-gathering practices for distance education. According to a January proposal outlining ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Caleb Mackney, education system support assigned to the 42nd Communications Squadron, works on a computer during the Airman Leadership School Distance Learning 2.0 Program ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Spc. Shanna Antoine, a cable systems installer/maintainer with TF Marne, studies for an online class in her room at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, May 4, 2010. (Spc. Michael Adams/3rd ...

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.

Alejtin Berisha is a serial entrepreneur from Kosovo who is changing the educational landscape around the globe, both in-person and throughout the distance learning ecosystem. Berisha is the Founder ...

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Five years ago Dan Schneider was being evangelized by Baptists and began to doubt some Catholic Church teachings. Today he evangelizes other Catholics by teaching adult education ...