The distance-learning program eArmyU will close next year, according to an Army Times report. The initiative, which has served 64,000 soldiers since it began in 2001, provides access to online courses offered by 30 colleges. But students can now seek out online degree programs from more than 1,500 colleges through the traditional tuition assistance portal of GoArmyEd, Army Times reported. The 1,429 students in eArmyU have been notified that they will be transitioned to regular tuition assistance after March 31, 2012.
“It was a big thing when it started, but they have been moving away this brand for the last several years,” said Russell Poulin, deputy director for research and analysis for the Wiche Cooperative for Educational Technologies, in an e-mail to Wired Campus. ”They still support online learning for soldiers; they are just going about it in different ways.”
