The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.

How did distance education change at colleges from 2019 to 2022? The U.S. Department of Education defines distance ed as “education that uses one or more technologies to deliver instruction to ...

The enrollment cliff is a structural challenge that will require institutions to rethink how they serve and support students.

On Friday, November 1, the Department of Education published its final state authorization for distance education regulations in the Federal Register, available here. The rule draws on the 2016 ...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) last month proposed new guidelines to strengthen its oversight and data-gathering practices for distance education. According to a January proposal outlining ...

For courses and programs offered via distance education in which students may be eligible to use Title IV funds (federal financial aid), the Department of Education (ED) requires that institutions ...