November 15, 2002
12-Hour Rule, Viewed as Limiting Distance Education, Expires
The 12-hour rule is dead. The U.S. Department of Education this month issued a final regulation in the Federal Register to kill a once-obscure financial-aid restriction that had become a source of repeated complaints. Distance-education providers have been calling loudly for the rule's demise for several years, arguing that it prevented them from developing innovative online programs.
The regulation, which affected many distance programs, required higher-education programs that did not
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