American College Finds Challenges in Delivering Distance Education Abroad

A recent push to upgrade teachers' qualifications in Mexico -- where many teachers have not earned college degrees -- is helping fuel the demand for online instruction there.But as American institutions flock to enroll Mexican students in distance-education programs, some unexpected challenges are arising.

This fall, for example, Endicott College, in Beverly, Mass., plans to outfit a classroom with sophisticated teleconferencing equipment so that students in

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