January 12, 2001

Oakland U. Begins Online MBA Program for Students in Lebanon

By DAVID COHEN

Oakland University this month began an online M.B.A. program for students in Lebanon. Officials at the Michigan college say the program is the first online M.B.A. to be offered by an American institution in any Middle Eastern nation other than Israel.

Oakland is located just north of Detroit, which is home to an estimated 300,000 Arab-Americans -- a majority of whom are said to trace their family roots to Lebanon. The university was founded as a branch of

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