http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm News Section of online education facts en-us http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#a1 Two Naples Police Officers have been fired after an internal affairs investigation showed they bought diplomas through an online degree mill called Almeda University. http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#a Ashwood University announces for the very first time an incredible Flexible Payment Option that allows students to get a degree for only $99. http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#b Regardless of the controversies going on against online education, colleges and universities have been translating parts of their curriculum into distance learning courses and students continue to take them without entering the campus. http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#c 7th and 10 graders of County Cabell School make history when they took the West Virginia writing assessment online in March. http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#d Columbia Southern University, of Orange Beach, Alabama, has won accreditation from the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). http://www.onlineeducationfacts.com/online-education-facts/news.htm#e In 2002, the University of Cambridge becomes the most prestigious school to enter the distance MBA market, with the introduction of an eMBA program that will alternate three weeks on campus with four months of independent study.