by TAA Staff

ON-LINE EDUCATION HAS shifted into high gear as the Global University Alliance, a consortium of 11 universities, announced plans to offer on-line courses of its own, in addition to those its member universities offer. The consortium includes Oregon State University, George Washington University, The Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee in the U.S.; Athabasca University in Canada; Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand; International Business School (Hogeschool Brabout) in The Netherlands; The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and The University of South Australia in Australia; and The University of Derby and The University of Glamorgan in Great Britain.

The alliance offers on-line programs at the B.A. and M.A. levels. Students may take courses in agriculture, forestry, veterinary science, business management, information technology, education, engineering, surveying, health sciences, nursing, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, tourism, sports, leisure and visual and performing arts.

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