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Friday, November 01, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/11/2002110101t.htm 12-Hour Rule Expires Today; Distance-Education Providers Had Long Sought Its Demise DAN CARNEVALE The 12-hour rule is dead. The U.S. Department of Education is issuing a final regulation in today's Federal Register to kill what was once an obscure financial-aid restriction. Distance-education providers have been pressing loudly for the rule's demise for several years, arguing that it prevented them from developing innovative online programs. The regulation, which affected many distance programs, required higher-education programs that did not operate in a standard semester, trimester, or quarter system to offer a minimum of 12 hours of course work a week if their students were to be eligible for federal financial aid. The rule is being replaced with a regulation that says institutions must offer at least one day of instruction a week to qualify for aid....
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