April 27, 2007

U. of North Carolina Chooses Slow and Steady Approach

By DAN CARNEVALE

After watching the University of Phoenix become a national leader in online education, officials of the University of North Carolina system thought: We can do that, too.

Unlike Phoenix, which is a for-profit institution, the North Carolina system benefits from having a strong traditional reputation that comes with being a state university.

But replicating Phoenix's performance in online education has proved elusive for public institutions. So instead of repeating the same

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