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SUNY offers Web classes, 3-year degree

SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher calls the university's

Photo credit: Ed Betz | SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher calls the university's plan to offer a three-year graduation program a national model for the future of higher education. (April 23, 2010)

The State University of New York in three years will be the nation's largest public provider of online higher education, Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher announced Tuesday.

The initiative, called Open SUNY, will begin next year and offer 10 online bachelor's degree programs, with an enrollment goal of 100,000 students in three years.

"No institution in America -- not even the for-profits...

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