Online-Course Company Makes Only a Few Inroads in Working With Elite Colleges

A company that has approached 15 elite liberal-arts colleges about collaborating to sell online courses has met with mixed responses.

At least one institution -- Wellesley College -- is expected to sign a formal contract with the company, called the Global Education Network, within the next month. Brown University has allowed five of its professors to create courses for the company to explore whether or not the university as a whole should sign on. But other

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