British educators and lawmakers were bullish on the UK e-University when they founded the distance-learning project in 2000. But the government-financed venture folded last year because it couldn’t attract students, and officials’ high hopes have been replaced by recriminations.
A new report by a House of Commons committee blasts the online university as a "disgraceful waste," and assails administrators for awarding a hefty bonus to the project’s chief executive—even though the e-University ended up losing nearly $100-million.
For more on the dismantling of the UK e-University, see an article by Dan Carnevale.
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