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The Sloan Semester

by Sloan-C

Author Information

Author(s):

George Lorenzo

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

The Sloan Consortium

Volume and Issue Information

Volume:

12

Issue:

2

Month:

July

Year:

2008

The Sloan Semester was a vibrant and vitally important undertaking that required the immediate attention of a group of dedicated educators. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, though its sponsorship of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), financed this worthwhile initiative that helped Hurricane Katrina- and Rita-affected higher education students continue with their education in an online modality, as their institutions were forced to temporarily close down for the Fall 2005 semester. A chain of educated decisions, along with the appropriate infrastructure and team of professionals, successfully moved this initiative forward in a quick and unprecedented time frame, “on the fly.”

Find related content with this links:

• Volume 12:2 - July 2008
• Hurricane Katrina
• Sloan Semester