Congress Unlikely to Ease Limits on Aid for Distance Programs

By DAN CARNEVALE

Washington

Congress will not ease financial-aid restrictions this session on institutions that enroll more than half of their students through distance education, a key senator said last month. The proposed rule changes will have to wait until next year at the earliest, when Congress debates reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

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