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Distance learning picks up steam at Nebraska U
PAUL HAMMEL, WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

VALENTINE, Neb. - Distance learning is quickly moving from a sideshow to the main stage of higher education, University of Nebraska officials said Friday. During a briefing for the NU Board of Regents, representatives of the state's four campuses said that the number of students taking courses via the Internet and satellite had doubled between 1998-99 and 2000-01. NU President L. Dennis Smith said that the future will see just as many students taking courses via a laptop or desktop computer as via a seat in a classroom. ...

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