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Updates on: Hendrix College, Ivy Tech Community College, and cheap e-learning programsHendrix College in Arkansas is increasing its current capital campaign goal to $100 million, providing the resources necessary to construct a high-tech $20 million Student Life and Technology Center and fully endow the college’s Odyssey program, along with 12 new Odyssey professorships. — Hendrix College

Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana this month received a $3.1 million grant from the state’s North Central Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative. The grant will be used to enhance STEM education in K-12, higher education, and businesses and will train an estimated 44,000 people in North Central Indiana over the next five years. — T.H.E. Journal

Cheap e-learning programs. When a student is choosing a distance learning program, the two questions that usually come to mind immediately are “which programs are the fastest?” and “which programs are the cheapest?” There are many different ways to study a distance learning degree program, and the cost of a degree usually depends on transfer credit, prior learning assessment, courses needed to finish a degree program, etc. This article discusses some of the cheapest bachelor degree programs available via distance learning. — eLearners