Limit on Aid for Distance Students May Do More Harm Than Good, Congressional Report Says

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Washington

Congress and the U.S. Department of Education may need to rethink a longstanding law intended to prevent financial-aid fraud in distance-education programs, a new report from the General Accounting Office says. The report, released on Thursday, says that the law may soon deny...

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