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UI's Global Campus starting small

By Julie Wurth
Sunday April 6, 2008

Robin Scholz

As special assistant to University of Illinois President B. Joseph White, Chet Gardner has the responsibility of overseeing the Global Campus initiative. While the program is off to a slow start, Gardner said at three months, it's still in its infancy.

URBANA – Global Campus isn't exactly spanning the globe – yet.

Right now, 10 students are taking classes through the University of Illinois' new virtual campus – three in a bachelor's-completion program in nursing and seven in electronic-learning programs – and the majority are from Illinois.

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