This spring forty-seven students, many of whom never set foot in a Pace classroom, earned an associate's degree in telecommunications through a fully online program sponsored by the National Coalition for Telecommunications and Learning (NACTEL). NACTEL is an innovative industry-wide partnership with the purpose of designing, developing and delivering online education and training to meet critical employment needs in the telecommunications industry. The group met for the first time in 1997. Members of the NACTEL partnership include the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Frontier/Citizens Communications, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Qwest Communications, SBC, and Verizon Communications. Pace University, in close collaboration with the NACTEL Curriculum Committee, developed the A.S. degree in Telecommunications and two certificates - Introduction to Telecommunications and Telecommunications Essentials. Pilot classes for this groundbreaking program started in January 1999. The curriculum is constantly revised to reflect changes in the industry; four new courses in telecommunications emerging technologies were added this past year. Initial funding for this project came from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The project is managed by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL).