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ADEC recognizes Sloan Foundation and partners for post hurricane online learning campaign

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ADEC recognizes Sloan Foundation and partners for post hurricane online learning campaign

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May 1 – Washington, D.C. - The Sloan Foundation, Sloan Consortium and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) shared in the recognition of their successful efforts to provide continuity of education to college and university students washed out by the hurricanes of 2005.

The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), a nonprofit, distance education consortium composed of about 65 state universities and land-grant colleges, presented the 2006 Irving-Barrier Buster Award at it’s All ADEC meeting in Washington, D.C.on May 1.

The project made available more than 1,350 courses from 155 institutions in 38 states, including 15 SREB states. Classes were offered in a condensed academic term from mid-October 2005 to early January 2006. The program was designed as an academic bridge to help students earn credit and return to their home institutions in spring 2006. More than 1,750 students enrolled in the free online courses, filling over 3,000 “seats” in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses.