Washington University Launching Semester Online Program
The program will offer rigorous courses for undergraduate students starting in 2013.
Washington University in St. Louis has taken a leadership role in helping to shape the future of online education by being a catalyst to bring together a consortium of the nation’s leading colleges and universities that plans to launch Semester Online. This program is a new model for online education, offering undergraduate students the opportunity to take rigorous online courses for credit from consortium schools. “WUSTL has been deliberate in its approach to online education, looking for an opportunity that extends the reach of our academic offering, while providing a learning experience that is as rich and robust as our in-classroom experience,” said Edward S. Macias, PhD, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at …
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