Free college classes for Katrina victims
Students whose classes are closed or delayed by Hurricane Katrina have as many as 1,000 online courses to choose from. The effort is called Sloan Semester.
University of Illinois at Springfield Technology Enhanced Learning Director Ray Schroeder and his collegue at the UI at Champaign-Urbana, Burks Oakley, got the ball rolling on the idea. The catalog includes online classes from some 200 public and private institutions around the country. the classes are free for affected students.
