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Thursday, August 29, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54734,00.html Virtual Degrees Virtually Tough Julia Scheeres Roberto Lee's typical weekday starts at 3 a.m., when he fires up his computer in Wytheville, Virginia, and logs on to a law school in Los Angeles, 2,400 miles away. Lee, 62, studies for a few hours, showers, and is elbow-deep in body juice by 7:30 at a hospital where he is a general surgeon. In the afternoons, he clerks at the town courthouse, learning the intricacies of jury selection and trial procedure. Lee, who says he subsists on three or four hours of sleep a night, is one of a burgeoning number of adults earning degrees over the Internet in their spare time.... But while an online degree may sound convenient, cheap and totally new-millennium, can a virtual education land someone a real job? Yes, experts say. But don't expect your OnlineU.com diploma to compete with a Harvard degree anytime soon, they add....
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