November 17, 2000

Britain's Open University May Lose BBC Airtime; Swedish Universities Seek to Hire More Women; U. of Toronto Sets $1-Billion Campaign Goal

The Open University, often cited for its ambitious distance-education efforts abroad, is in trouble at home in Britain.

For 30 years, the institution has televised courses on the BBC, but the network wants that airtime back, reports The Sunday Times.

The Open University courses, broadcast after 12:30 a.m., are part of the original "people's college," created in 1969 by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The BBC wants to switch more course offerings to the