Bold Statement

[Prloko]

In looking up the Sophia.org and Capella university partnership, I found a claim in their marketing literature that is pretty bold and in my opinion, and an outright lie.

"Founded in 1993, Capella University was the first to leverage technology to provide higher education opportunities to adult students who didn’t fit the traditional, campus-bound model."

http://www.sophia.org/capella

I clearly remember the local community colleges providing T.V. correspondence courses on PBS way before this. Is television not considered technology?

Thoughts?

[sanantone]

I was just reading an old thread on the other forum curious about which school first offered an online degree program. Even if you were to narrowly focus on the Internet, there are other schools that predate Capella in offering online programs.
First online bachelor's degree?

[rebel100]

HES was offering "distance education" on Navy ships through operation polaris in the 40's I believe. I'm also pretty certain they partnered with WGBH Boston to provide courses almost in concert with the advent of public TV. COSC was founded in 1973, the target has always been the non-traditional learner. I expect such nonsense from the likes of Capella though...