By TODD FINKELMEYER The Capital Times
Distance education is becoming an increasingly popular way for students to take college courses. According to a recent report, some 4.6 million students were taking at least one online course during the 2008 fall semester, a whopping 17 percent jump over the previous year. Shown here, UW-Madison professors Jon Pevehouse (left) and Jeremi Suri (right) hold an online discussion about the influence of public opinion on American foreign policy, and how that has changed from the early 20th century to today. Unlike many who take courses during UW-Madison’s summer session, Peter Owen hasn’t spent any hot evenings catching up on his studies while sipping a cold beer on the Memorial Union Terrace. Owen is a 24-year-old first lieutenant stationed in Iraq with the 724th Engineer Battalion of the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
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