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

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, October 29, 2001

http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,25386-1003867140,00.html?

$90m online university to set up headquarters in Singapore
Chua Hui Min

U21global - an online university offering certification from 15 universities worldwide, including the National University of Singapore - will set up its global headquarters in Singapore to develop graduate courses on business and IT. The $90 million company - a 50-50 joint venture between US$6 billion US-based e-learning firm, Thomson Learning, and institutions like the NUS, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Melbourne - was formed last month to address the estimated S$200 billion (US$110 billion) global demand for higher education that is currently unmet, Thomson Learning's president and chief executive officer, Bob Cullen, said yesterday....

 



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