August 18, 2000

Army Bombshell Rocks Distance Education

By SARAH CARR

Planned $600-million program could reshape the competitive world of online learning

The U.S. Army, often perceived as traditional and hidebound, is angling for a position on the cutting edge of higher education.

Louis Caldera, the secretary of the Army, announced in July that it would spend $600-million over the next six years to enable any interested soldier to take distance-education courses on the Internet at little or no cost.

The program,

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