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Friday, June 07, 2002
http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,727011,00.html New global demands could mean a big harvest in the groves of academe Phil Sommerich in Lisbon, The Guardian The talk in the common rooms and quads of British universities is of cross-border alliances, mergers, new global brands and public private partnerships. The lexicon of the business world has well and truly entered academe, and it is likely fundamentally to change the way knowledge is delivered... Colin Biggs, higher education analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said some British universities are more suspicious of PPP than US or Australia counterparts, but things are changing. For a start, e-learning means universities are starting to talk of mergers. "The sort of market needed for e-learning means that a lot of institutions are going to look at whether they are the right size and have the critical mass. I expect to see at least a 10% reduction in the number of universities over this decade." ... "[The] private education sector is one of the few sectors to have held firm since September 11 and, in the first quarter of this year, US post-secondary private education showed 15% growth."...
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