Chinese Institutions Look Toward Distance Education

A new survey of Chinese colleges suggests that, for the next two or three years, distance education will be a top priority for China's national universities.

As many as 800,000 students will take college courses through distance-education programs that have been authorized by China's Ministry of Education, says Qiong Wang, an associate professor of education at Peking University.

Ms. Wang, who also directs the educational-technology department at Peking University's Graduate

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