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ERIC Number: EJ618288
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
World Bank Becomes a Player in Distance Education.
Carnevale, Dan
Chronicle of Higher Education, v47 n15 pA35-36 Dec 2000
Describes the distance education efforts of the World Bank, which has spent $20 million since 1997 to get its distance education program started, and which plans to spend an additional $10 million in the next 2 years. The World Bank has the experience and resources to set up and deliver distance education in countries without a telecommunications infrastructure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, International Education, Program Development, Program Implementation, Telecommunications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: World Bank