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Standardization Advances University of Wisconsin Colleges' Distance-education Program

By Linda Seid Frembes

Distance education continues to be a popular topic in higher-education institutions. A study by the U.S. Department of Education in 2003 found that more than half of two- and four-year colleges offer distance education programs to their students. At the University of Wisconsin Colleges (UWC), a network of 13 two-year colleges, distance education has been offered in various formats over the last 15 years...

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