May 17, 2002

Chinese Universities and Overseas Institutions Work Together on Distance Programs

By JEN LIN-LIU

Educators and officials in China have been aggressively trying within the country for a decade to develop distance education as a way to deliver courses to students. But in recent months, several Chinese universities have expanded their horizons by beginning to cooperate with overseas institutions to start distance-education projects.

Fudan University, in Shanghai, signed an agreement last month to become part of the intercollegiate "global classroom" system of the Global Knowledge

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