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...moderately fast modem, an Internet service provider and a Web browser, students can quickly gain access to all kinds of course material whenever they want. There are about 1,200 degree and certificate distance-learning programs available from about 900 accredited colleges, observes Karen Hansen, executive editor at Peterson's, a Princeton, N.J., education- and career- products publishing company that puts out the annual Peterson's Guide to Distance Learning Programs. Peterson's latest figures show that U.S. higher-education institutions offer distance-learning courses to more than 7 million students, according to spokeswoman Sue Brooks...
...case that shocked the nation, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, high school sweethearts from affluent New Jersey families, went to prison Thursday for contributing to the death of their newborn infant in a Newark motel room in 1996. Grossberg was sentenced to two and a half years, while Peterson received a lesser sentence of two years because, said Superior Court Judge Henry Ridgely, he pleaded with Grossberg to seek help with the pregnancy. Both defendants could have received 10 years. Sobbing in court, Grossberg said, "I'll never be able to forgive myself for what happened." Today is her 20th...
Thomson Professor of Government Morris P.Fiorina Jr. announced last month that he isleaving for Stanford. Professor of Government andof Sociology Theda Skocpol is seriouslyconsidering an offer from the same school as isShattuck Professor of Government Paul E. Peterson,who says he and Stanford have "chatted...
Then come the caveats. Skocpol has not made anydefinite decisions. Peterson's fate is still up inthe air. And it is not unusual for Harvard Facultyto have outstanding offers from other schools...
...mandated that he spend almost every waking minute on the job, but at the same time, he gave equal heart and soul to his children," Peterson says...