Company Offers to Help Colleges Capitalize on End of '50-Percent Rule'

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

The imminent demise of the "50-percent rule" is already fueling some new higher-education businesses.

The rule, which prohibited federal financial aid for distance-education students attending less than half time, is set to disappear on July 1.

As a result, lots of colleges with online programs hope to pick up new students who might be willing to try out a course or program.

Now some of those colleges could be getting help, for a price, from a couple of the folks who used

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