Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Wednesday, September 12, 2001

http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/default.asp?show=article&id=921

What Impact Are Virtual Universities Having on Higher Education? An Interview with Michigan Virtual University's David Spencer
by James L. Morrison and David A. Spencer

There are currently 35 states in the US with a state-supported virtual university (Young, 2001). Most of these institutions have been in operation only a few years. However, they may grow to have as large an impact on American higher education as did the GI Bill or the establishment of land grant universities. Startling words? Yes. To add substance to them, I interviewed David Spencer, the dynamic president of Michigan Virtual University (MVU), to gain insight into the nature, programs, and activities of these new institutions....

 



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