The Online Degree Dorm Room

Associate Online Degree Programs | After Thanksgiving Trivia

Posted by bposton on November 24th, 2006 — Posted in associate online degree programs

Boy, am I stuffed

I had 13 people, and a 20 pound turkey and all the fixings yesterday.

It was pretty cramped in the online degree dorm room

I’m not spending too much time in the dorm room actually due to the Thanksgiving holiday but I did want to put out this short little bit of trivia.

bet you didn’t know when the very first “distance education” program started… do you?

Well here’s something you can amaze your friends with:

The very first distance education program started in the 1870s. It was when the very first correspondence school began in the U.S. It was called the Society to Encourage Study at Home.

Here’s even more - it was started by the wife of a Harvard professor, and it was started in order to bring education to women, who at that time were not allowed to attend universities.

So there you go. Now in my next post I’ll take a look at how some of the nations most prestigious schools are turning to online education.

Ben