The U.S Department of Education issued a regulation last October aiming to cut down on for-profit colleges by 2014 — but the changes have already started.
The regulation requires institutions offering online classes to seek permission from every state in which they enroll so much as a single student. This requirement, along with the high costs of complying with 50 different sets of state licensing criteria, schools ranging from community colleges, state universities and small liberal arts schools have already begun to rid themselves of their online options.
Most notable of the online educators is the University of Phoenix, who saw enrollment of 420,700 students by the end of May 2009.
Many students enrolled in these online courses choose to take classes on the internet because it accommodates their hectic lifestyle by cutting commute times, allows them to work more and at a pace that is comfortable to them.
“My experience was great,” said Spencer McNamara, a senior computer engineering major at UC Davis.
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