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Online education

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Updated: 2007-01-11 13:59



The development of the internet has had a profound effect upon education
and how people learn. The popularity of online education in China serves
as good proof. Now still a supplement to traditional higher education,
online education is believed to be an important method and strategic
choice for lifetime learning in society.

24 year old Shanghai native Annie Wang is the envy of many of her peers.
After graduating from a top university, she successfully secured a
position in a world-famous management consulting firm. But, I think, no
one envies her pressure.

"Maybe in other people's eyes, I'm sort of an elite. But, within my
company, I'm among the lowest in terms of educational background. Many of
my colleagues are postgraduates and even doctors, with overseas study
experiences. I feel a lot of pressure here."

At the beginning of this year, Annie took the National Entrance Test for
Postgraduates and got accepted for postgraduate study at Fudan
University. Yet, after much hesitation, she gave up the opportunity,
since, she decided, she couldn't afford to be a full-time student.

Annie is surely not exceptional among young office workers nowadays, who
feel the urge to further their education but don't have time to return to
campus altogether.

Online education offers a great alternative for this group of people.

Professor John Spinks, executive director of U21 Global talks about the
advantages of online education.

Set up in 2001, U21 Global, based on a consortium of nearly 20 famous
universities from around the world, is the world??s premier e-university.
Unlike local online education programs, which focus primarily on graduate
studies, U21 Global strives to provide an elite education through the
internet.

It already boasts five Chinese members, namely Fudan University, Peking
University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, the University of Hong Kong and
Bei Wai or Beijing Foreign Studies University. Liu Jie from Bei Wai is in
charge of his university's partnership with U21 Global.

"It really gives adult learners a chance to enjoy world-class business
education programs without having to travel abroad. To U21 Global, China,
with its rapidly increasing demand for quality higher learning, is a huge
market."

Chinese universities and colleges in place are far from enough to meet
current needs. To promote education, both online and off, universities
without walls are sure to be a good solution to the problem.










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