British Officials Pull the Plug on a Struggling Virtual University

By DAN CARNEVALE

British officials are dismantling a much-ballyhooed virtual university after it failed to attract enough students.

The institution, called UK eUniversities Worldwide, or UKeU, was set up in 2001 as a primarily government-financed company to develop online courses by working with professors at established British...

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