I think the person who set the five class per semester / four year model to secure a bachelors degree was a glutton for punishment. Four years to get a BA or BS is just not very feasible these days. However, some students have turned to online education to help them stay the four year course.

Capella University, an accredited, fully online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for working adults, has released its latest Inside Online Education podcast.

Penn State has been a central Pennsylvania institution for more than 150 years, but to hear Wayne Smutz tell it, it’s time to start branching out.

Ever wonder what a day in the life of an online high school student consists of? Media Entertainment Productions will give you an inside look on September 28, 2009 when it features Olympus High School on Life & Leisure Television on Bravo!

Yale Law School researchers will team up with a tuition-free online university to study how online higher education is perceived worldwide and document what it takes for internet-based institutions to achieve accreditation.

As online high schools spread, educators are ramping up efforts to counter the social isolation that some students experience. At the same time, sociologists and child psychologists are examining how online schooling might hinder, or help, the development of social skills.

A recent study on the benefits of distance learning issued by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), led Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan to publish an editorial in Inside Higher Ed, a premier higher education news source, on the benefits of online education.

For Americans looking to get a college degree, online education is one way to side-step tuition fees and demanding lecture schedules. Education experts explain why thousands of Americans are logging on to web seminars and online courses.

This morning Dr. Michael Clifford, a well-known and respected investor in online universities like Phoenix based Grand Canyon University and Bridgepoint Education, joined me to discuss rising education costs.

The challenges posed by multi-state regulation of distance learning and online higher education will be the focal point of the October 13, 2009, session of The President’s Forum, a gathering of distance learning leaders from around the nation.