Several of the Academy's trustees are in Australia as well conducting business in their various sport fields. Cromartie, Riker and Novack will periodically provide first-hand accounts of the Olympic Games for the Academy website. Laura Bayless, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech, is conducting a survey for her dissertation. Her topic is Distance Learning. In the coming days, you might be contacted by Bayless.
Participation is entirely up to each faculty member.
The responses will be used to inform colleges and universities about what Distance Learning students' non-academic needs are so that the institutions may design more effective student support series. The Academy has more than 500 students enrolled in Master's and Doctoral programs and has conducted educational programs in more than 60 countries around the globe.