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Online university skips class to be more accessible
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 08/25/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Education
Synopsis
College for America, an online degree program, has no classes, professors or credit hours. It's been cited as an innovative way to make college more affordable. But how do its students qualify for a degree? Hari Sreenivasan reports from New Hampshire on a university that gives credit based on competency at the student's own pace.