The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.

Beginning in 2020, online learning, also known as distance learning or e-learning, has gained more popularity due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. As restrictions loosened, enrollment has ...

Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning. Open ...

Soka University of America, an innovative new institution in Aliso Viejo, CA established in 2001, provides liberal arts education to promote global citizenship. For US higher education to survive as a ...

Colleges will have to submit to the federal government new data on their distance education programs under a batch of new rules the Biden administration finalized Monday. The rules, which will take ...

As internet access and affordable smartphones spread, Nigerian universities are turning online programmes from emergency stopgaps into long-term offerings that compete with private online providers ...

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (C) delivers a speech at Peking University, the highest-ranked institution in Asia according to the QS World University Rankings.

Distance learning, while convenient, can present challenges to mental health, such as feelings of isolation, lack of structure, and increased pressure. However, with the right strategies in place, ...