New Master Plan in Washington State Calls for More Online Instruction

Anticipating rapid growth in the demand for college courses during the next 10 years, Washington State's Higher Education Coordinating Board is asking the Legislature to increase spending on online education so the state can avoid constructing new buildings or new campuses.

The coordinating board's 2000 Master Plan for Higher Education, released in January, says Web-based courses could absorb some of a projected 70,000 additional students -- the same number of

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