A College's Detailed Policy on Distance Education

By DAN CARNEVALE

At San Diego State, a panel of professors and administrators seeks to balance faculty rights and quality control in online courses

San Diego State University has adopted a distance-education policy that attempts to balance the rights of professors with quality control of online courses. Officials at

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Use of Online Courses at Community Colleges Continues to Grow - April 6, 2009
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