Past Coverage

• Education Dept. and Career Schools Clash Over Accrediting of Distance Learning - December 17, 1999
• Education Dept. and Career Schools Clash Over Accrediting of Distance Learning - December 17, 1999
• Survey Finds 72% Rise in Number of Distance-Education Programs - January 7, 2000
• Accreditors Finish Guidelines on Online Programs - April 6, 2001
• Accrediting Bodies Consider New Standards for Distance-Education Programs - September 8, 2000

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California impressed Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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From humble beginnings in 1876 as Texas' first public institution of higher learning, to a bustling 5,000-acre campus with 46,000-plus students and a nationally recognized faculty, Texas A&M University is one of a select few universities...