The Chronicle of Higher Education

Program Seeks Olympic Athletes Who Are Teachers and Want to Study Online

By DAN CARNEVALE

A group of Western governors is looking for Olympic athletes who are also teachers, hoping that they will be the first to receive new scholarships that cover most of the cost of online graduate degrees.

The scholarships will pay 80 percent of the tuition for teachers to receive master's degrees related to math or technology from...

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