by Luis Martinez, the Daily Eastern
Eastern created a temporary board in 2012 focused on putting together online degree programs for off-campus students. Robert Augustine, the chair of the online board, said the board is a group of both faculty and administrators. “People know it’s not one of our permanent committees,” Augustine said. “It’s a temporary committee that we have until the time we decided we want a more permanent committee.” The focus of the board is to create online degree programs for students who are unable to come to campus to get their degree. “We have students that want to come to EIU, but because they’re working or because of other reasons, they cannot come in the usual way,” Augustine said. “They’re looking for online degree programs, and to be responsive to that, we have then brought the representatives of the departments together.”
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