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Saturday, February 09, 2002
http://www.node.on.ca/networking/february2002/briefs.html#3 LOOMING CUTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN B.C. January's announcement of large-scale layoffs and funding cuts in British Columbia has implications for distance education and educational technology in that province. The BC government is considering closing two institutions: the Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC) and the Open Learning Agency. TechBC, the province's newest university, has been plagued by controversy and high operating costs since its opening in 2000, while the Open Learning Agency, founded in 1978, has been working to maintain its market niche in the face of increasing competition in the distance education arena from traditional institutions....
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