March 3, 2000

Britain Announces Project to Compete Globally in Distance Education

The British government in February announced a distance-learning project for higher education that officials said was designed to "give U.K. higher education the capacity to compete globally with the major virtual and corporate universities in the United States and elsewhere."

The venture, whose working title is e-University, will be jointly established, owned, and operated by a consortium of higher-education institutions working with the private sector and

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