April 27, 2001

U. of Alaska System Plans Statewide Distance-Learning Program

The University of Alaska system is working to create a statewide distance-education program to overcome a geography that limits access to education.

The state's size and population dispersal create problems, says Mark R. Hamilton, president of the system. He says the only viable option for making university courses available to all Alaskans, some of whom live in areas that are not served by roads, is distance education. "You take it by distance, or you don't

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