November 23, 2001

Princeton Pulls Out of High-Profile Distance-Learning Alliance

By MICHAEL ARNONE


Princeton University has pulled out of the Alliance for Life-Long Learning, a partnership with Yale and Stanford Universities and the University of Oxford that delivers distance-education courses.

Officials from Yale and the alliance said Princeton's absence would be regrettable but would not seriously affect the alliance's operations.

"We're sorry to see Princeton go, but our day-to-day operations are fine," said Herbert M. Allison Jr., president and chief executive officer

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