Indiana Gets Fully Online University

The online university is the first of its kind for Indiana.
Governor Mitch Daniels says the Western Governor's University Of Indiana will help more Hoosiers to get a higher education.
The governor says as more non-traditional students turn to college online- this is the perfect time for an Indiana based school to join in.
Not every potential college student can earn a degree- the traditional way.
Now non traditional students from around the world can be a part of Western Governor's University Indiana- the state's first fully online university.
"Particularly our adult aspirants to pursue the college degree they've always wanted and needed on a schedule they can mange and at a cost they can afford," Daniels said.
WGU Indiana is being funded in part by two grants-- no state tax dollars will be used.
Online college is where students and teachers correspond using the internet and telephone.
"The student can move at his or her own pace you don't have to wait for the date on a calendar to take an exam," Daniels said.
The University's Of Southern Indiana's director of instructional technology Dana Willett says about 3,800 USI students took at least one distance education class last semester.
"They help students meet the need of a certain lifestyle work full or part time may have children at home they may have other needs that require them to get their classes in some way other than coming to campus," Willett said.