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Monday, July 09, 2001

http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/default.asp?show=article&id=888

e-Learning in the Corporate University:An Interview with Jeanne Meister
by James L. Morrison and Jeanne C. Meister

Note: This article was originally published in The Technology Source (http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/) as: James L. Morrison, and Jeanne C. Meister "e-Learning in the Corporate University: An Interview with Jeanne Meister." The Technology Source, July/August 2001. Available online at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/default.asp?show=article&id=888. The article is reprinted here with permission of the publisher.

Corporate universities are educational organizations established and operated by corporations. Their purpose is to enhance the competencies of employees and suppliers and to help customers use the company's products more effectively. A number also offer courses to the general public in addition to their direct constituencies. Sixteen percent of corporate universities have partnerships with traditional colleges and universities for joint degree programs. Some corporate universities have campuses, while others are completely virtual. Today there are more than 2,000 corporate universities, up from 400 in 1998....


 



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