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Wednesday, June 19, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002061901t.htm Syria, Eyeing Advantages of Education, Opens a Virtual University DANIEL DEL CASTILLO In just eight months, the government of Syria has built and opened the country's first electronic university, continuing a gradual move from a Soviet-style closed society to a more open, Western-oriented model. The new, state-owned institution, known as the Syrian Virtual University, has begun accepting students and plans to be operational for the fall semester with an enrollment of 600. The university will be entirely online. Administrators say it will eventually design its own content and grant degrees, which they hope will give it a pan-Arab appeal that will draw students from throughout the region. Initially, however, the university will act as a clearinghouse for courses from 20 American and European universities it has signed agreements with. Syrian students will use the facilities and advising network here, but will obtain degrees from the foreign institutions....
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