| "I never try to teach my students
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| | visa to stay for a semester or year at a
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| anything, I only try to create an
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| | time are over. International Data
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| environment in which they can learn."
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| | Corporation predicts that 500,000+
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| --- Albert Einstein
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| | foreign students, or 3.5% of total
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| The 21rst century is going to change how
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| | postsecondary enrollees, study online and
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| people learn and earn their degrees of
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| | spend over $13 billion over the time of
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| choice. Many of the worlds' top
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| | their degrees.
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| universities are studying distance
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| | Gartner Group sees the potential of 1.6
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| learning's many trends, so they'll be
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| | million international distance-learning
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| ready for an entirely new type of student
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| | candidates by 2005. With the pervasive
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| emerging today - distance learners. It is
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| | adoption of Internet access on virtually
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| projected by both International Data
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| | every continent, Gartner Group sees major
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| Corporation and Gartner Group that the
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| | growth globally for distance learning in
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| majority of students in colleges and
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| | highly developed and emerging nations as
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| universities throughout the world.
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| | well.
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| Consider the factors that the top
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| | International Data Corporation predicts
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| universities around the world are looking
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| | that by 2005 there will be 45 million
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| at, and be encouraged that the future of
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| | users online in higher education alone.
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| advanced education is coming to a
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| | At the heart of why so many universities
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| personal computer near you. The
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| | are focused on distance learning is that
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| educational playing field is getting
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| | by 2005, the online education market will
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| leveled; and it's making it much more
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| | be $215B in revenue. Given the escalating
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| affordable and available for anyone
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| | costs of in-class courses and tuition
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| looking to improve themselves:
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| | fees, the worlds' universities have no
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| Women have outnumbered men on college
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| | choice but to embrace distance learning
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| campuses since 1979, and are 60% of
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| | and reach students where they are, with
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| distance or online learning students who
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| | new programs that are affordable for
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| are over 25. For many women who are
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| | those students on a global scale.
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| already committed to their families,
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| | Summary
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| communities and friends, interrupting
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| | It's a very bright future for anyone
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| their lives - especially those who are
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| | interested in getting to their
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| mothers - is very tough. Distance
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| | educational goals with online learning
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| learning is going to give more women than
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| | programs. The worlds' universities
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| ever before a chance to improve
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| | continue to see their costs escalate up
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| themselves, than has ever been possible
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| | for their traditional programs; online
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| in the past. What's so exciting about
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| | and distance learning is a low-cost
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| this is the chance for women to achieve
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| | approach for them to reach double or even
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| their potentials while caring for their
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| | triple the students they teach today. The
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| family, friends and community.
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| | bottom line is that the playing field for
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| Foreign students no longer hindered by
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| | anyone in the world looking to better
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| visas or green cards. For literally
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| | themselves through distance learning is
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| millions of students who want to attend
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| | getting leveled daily - a quality
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| universities in nations other than their
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| | education is as close as a personal
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| native one, the hassles of getting even a
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| | computer with an internet connection.
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