Classes begin next week on Montana's college campuses, but less than half of the brightest students coming out of Montana's high schools last spring will be sitting in those classrooms.

For those top-tier high school graduates who do stay in

Somewhere in Montana on Sept. 7, a rural student will fire up a computer and start learning Chinese from a teacher he or she has never met.

That's the day the Montana Digital Academy launches for the 500 students and 64 teachers who have