April 16, 1999

U. of Nebraska Creates Company to Offer High-School Courses on Line

By KELLY McCOLLUM

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln has created a for-profit company to tap into what it hopes will be a lucrative market -- distance education for high-school students.

The spinoff, Class.com, could begin beaming courses or even complete curricula over the Internet as early as the end of this year. The recipients would be individual students, high schools, or entire school districts. After that, executives

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