A Texas Company Sees Online Learning as Growth Industry in Latin America

Autor/in	Campbell, Monica
Titel	A Texas Company Sees Online Learning as Growth Industry in Latin America
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 3, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Private Colleges; Proprietary Schools; Higher Education; Accreditation (Institutions); Paying for College; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Privathochschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Studienfinanzierung; Ausland
Abstract	This article describes the growth of demand in online learning in Latin America and the expansion efforts made by Texas-based Whitney International to fill such niche. Whitney is a newcomer to a growing group of for-profit players that spot unmet demand for higher education in Latin America. Founded in 2005, it began its distance-learning courses only this year, after raising $36-million from investors for new ventures worldwide. Eventually Whitney aims to blanket Latin America through alliances with other small, mostly lower- to middle-tier private institutions, especially those offering associate and bachelor's degrees in high-demand areas like engineering, marketing, and business administration. By the end of this year, the company expects to enroll at least 40,000 students in distance-learning classes in Latin America. It hopes to double that number by the end of 2009. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10