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Thursday, August 08, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002080801t.htm Bowing to Distance Educators' Complaints, Education Department Will Drop 12-Hour Rule DAN CARNEVALE The U.S. Department of Education is proposing to get rid of a financial-aid regulation that some distance-education providers say stifles them from developing innovative programs. The proposal, which will be announced in today's Federal Register, follows years of debate over the requirement, which is known as the 12-hour rule. Distance-education providers have pushed the department and Congress to throw out the regulation, but others have cited fears that relaxing the rule would lead to fraud....
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