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Distance Learning Policy Lab


FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Bruce Chaloux
Director, Student Access Programs and Services
404-875-9211
The SREB Distance Learning Policy Laboratory assists states with distance learning projects and outreach to students. SREB also brings together states' education agencies to share ideas and marketing activities through the Go Alliance.

The Board approved the establishment of a Distance Learning Policy Laboratory to support SREB's technology initiatives by focusing on significant policy barriers in distance learning. The Policy Laboratory began its work in 1999 with support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the Stranahan Foundation. A Leadership Group of nationally recognized leaders in higher education, a state partner's network, and more than 100 administrators, faculty and distance learning experts participated in the Policy Laboratory's work. Seven detailed reports on key policy issues were published, with more than 70 recommendations to colleges and universities, states and SREB.

The Policy Laboratory focused on three overarching themes in distance learning:
  • Increase access;
  • Improve and ensure quality; and
  • Drive down costs.
The results of this effort form the basis of a working agenda for SREB, detailed in Technology Can Extend Access to Postsecondary Education: An Action Agenda for the South.

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