A new bill in Congress paves the way for the online education boom: colleges are no longer required to hold at least half their classes on campus in order to receive approval for federal student aid.

This hearkens unlimited opportunities for development.

The provision is just one sign of how an industry that once had a dubious reputation has gained new influence, with well-connected friends in the government and many Congressional Republicans sympathetic to their entrepreneurial ethic.

Supporters of the bill praise the innovative views of online educators. Detractors fear that this will cause a rise in for-profit diploma mills.

What do you think? Is this a victory, or a sign of danger to come?

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