The University of North Carolina has announced the starting date of an online-education project that officials say could help the system become a national player in distance learning. UNC Online will open on July 1, allowing prospective students to enroll in distance courses on any of the system's 16 campuses. Many colleges have begun similar online-education projects on their own, but North Carolina officials hope to eventually expand theirs to enroll students from all over the nation. The goal is to match the success of for-profit institutions, like the University of Phoenix, at distance education, but to remain a nonprofit program.
For previous Chronicle coverage of the subject, click here. –Dan Carnevale
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