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Author: David Madison
Distance education has afforded generations of students the opportunity pursue their educational goals outside of the traditional school system. It has allowed countless students the ability to further their education, while allowing them to maintain their obligations to their families and employers
* 1840 - Isaac Pitman begins teaching shorthand by correspondence in the UK.
* 1858 - The University of London creates its External Program.
* 1883 - New York State authorizes the Chautauqua Institute to award degrees earned via correspondence.
* 1891 - The Colliery Engineer School of Mines renames itself International Correspondence Schools.
* 1892 - The University of Chicago starts administering the first university courses by mail.
* 1906 - The Calvert School of Baltimore becomes the first primary school in the United States to offer correspondence courses.
* 1916 - The National University Continuing Education Association is created in the United States.
* 1921 - Pennsylvania State College begins broadcasting courses on the radio.
* 1933 - The University of Iowa begins broadcasting courses on television.
* 1950 - The Ford Foundation begins offering grants to create and develop educational programs for television broadcasting.
* 1967 - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is created.
* 1970 - Walden University is established.
* 1974 - California State University ( Next Page )
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