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Monday, April 29, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/04/2002042901u.htm After Panel Deadlocks, Education Department Vows to Relax 12-Hour Rule Itself DAN CARNEVALE An Education Department panel failed to reach consensus Friday on whether to get rid of a financial-aid regulation that some say stunts the growth of distance education. But department officials said they would move forward on their own to relax the rule. Some members of the 14-member rule-making panel had strong reservations about making any changes to the regulation, which is known as the 12-hour rule. It requires college programs that don't operate in a semester, trimester, or quarter system -- including many distance-education programs -- to deliver at least 12 hours of course work a week in order to distribute federal financial aid. The rule's backers maintain that it helps prevent fraud....
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