June 29, 2009

They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally

They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally 1

Michael I. Kienitz for The Chronicle

Joel Kolberg, a U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee student, works as an emergency medical technician. He uses his down time to work on courses via the Internet at the ambulance station. Milwaukee is trying to reach more working adults by shifting more course work online.

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close They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally 1

Michael I. Kienitz for The Chronicle

Joel Kolberg, a U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee student, works as an emergency medical technician. He uses his down time to work on courses via the Internet at the ambulance station. Milwaukee is trying to reach more working adults by shifting more course work online.

By Marc Parry

Milwaukee

With a 2-year-old daughter, two jobs, and a stethoscope stashed in the console of his Chevy Blazer, Joel M. Kolberg is one busy working adult.

Homework? The emergency medical technician plunks down his laptop on a checkered tablecloth in the frat-house-style lounge of a Milwaukee ambulance station. It's as good a place as any to squeeze in late-night posts to one of his occupational-therapy class discussions.

"For a while last year, I wouldn't go home for like

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