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Brenau
University announced today that it will participate in the “Sloan
Semester,” an organized effort in the higher education community
coordinating 150 regionally accredited colleges and universities’
resources to address the needs of college students displaced by Hurricane
Katrina.
Students
from coastal schools that have closed their campuses for the fall term due
to hurricane damage may register for online classes during the fall
semester at one or more of the participating institutions. The
institutions waive tuition for these students, and the tuition paid to
their home institutions for this semester will remain with those schools.
Professors teaching these courses will be paid by the Sloan Foundation.
At
Brenau
University, general questions
should be directed to Heather Gibbons, Ph.D., director of the
Online
College at
800.252.5119 or locally at 770.718.5328 or by email at
http://online.brenau.edu.
The
effort, spearheaded by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), the
Sloan Consortium and Sloan Foundation, aims to bridge the gap by offering
students "free" tuition this fall at participating institutions that offer
online courses to keep them on track with their studies until they are
able to return to their home institutions in the spring semester. These
groups have established processes for students to review and pursue their
course options and for institutions to contribute in the form of online
classes or other resources.
This
opportunity provides affected students the time and flexibility to get
their personal lives back together, and the geographical freedom to not
attend campus-based classes in an institution far from where they
intended. The courses offered by
Brenau
University through
this initiative are completely online, and will begin Oct. 19. with
regularly scheduled online courses at Brenau.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to all
of those affected by this disaster,” stated Heather Gibbons, Ph.D.,
Brenau’s Online College Director.
For more information, please see the
website:
www.sloansemester.org. |
