How One Community College Copes When Online Enrollment Soars

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Duluth, Minn.

Glenn Merrick, a biology instructor at Lake Superior College, is developing a course on the biology of aging that he eventually plans to offer online. But that doesn't mean he embraces the college's push for distance learning.

"Online education is a problem, particularly with science instructors," Mr. Merrick...

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