Regional Online Post-MBA Program to Begin in 2003 Athabasca University’s Center for Innovative Management has announced a world partnership for the development and delivery of an online, post-MBA international business program. Joining Canada’s Athabasca University in the program are Deakin University in Australia, Hong Kong…
Australia Online Program Covers Aboriginal Group’s Language, Culture Northern Territory University in Darwin has created a distance-education program to teach students one of the world’s oldest aboriginal languages. The program began this year, and some 50 students are currently enrolled, the majority of whom are…
Regional Videoconferencing Is a Big Hit in the East Videoconferencing as a means for distance education has begun to catch on in a big way in the East. Pioneered by Waseda University in Tokyo, a program called CuSeeMe is now used by students at 15…
Australia Funding Crisis in Education Has Many Worried Last fall, students, faculty and university administrators around the country made it clear to the government: Make education a priority. The demand was backed by much of the business community, including media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who called…
Afghanistan Afghan University Struggles in Pakistan The Afghan University situated in Peshawar, Pakistan remains a symbol of hope for the more than 2.5 million refugees who reside there. The faculty is mostly comprised of academics who could not teach freely in Afghanistan under the Taliban…