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Yale Goes the Distance
Will partner with Oxford, Princeton, Stanford in distance-learning venture
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Business New Haven
10/16/2000
By: Michael C. Bingham
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NEW HAVEN - Responding to what is perhaps the most far-reaching challenge facing institutions of higher learning, Yale University has opted to stick its toe into the distance-learning waters.
In a joint venture with Oxford, Princeton and Stanford, Yale announced last month that it and its three sister institutions would each provide $3 million to launch a distance-learning venture to provide online courses in the arts and sciences to their combined 500,000 alumni.
Herbert M. Allison Jr., former president of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., will serve as president and CEO of the non-profit University Alliance for Life-Long Learning.
The alliance will offer non-credit courses to alumni, taking advantage of emerging technologies to give graduates access to their universities' resources.
Specifically, the group will provide online courses and interactive seminars, multimedia programs, topical Web sites that include links to research information, live and taped coverage of campus speakers, exhibitions and other events, lectures on tape and other offerings.
“The Alliance among four of the world's greatest universities has an inspiring mission,” Allison said. “It will provide the schools' alumni around the world with ongoing access to the best in higher education, enriching their lives and helping them make the fullest contribution to their communities. I am honored to be leading this exciting and promising venture.”
The announcement comes at a time when the accelerating advance of knowledge is increasing the need for people all over the world to have access to lifelong learning. The spread of democracy and of market-based economies is expanding the number of people who want and would benefit from access to the finest teaching and information resources.
Yale President Richard C. Levin will chair the alliance's board of directors, which will include leaders of the four member universities as well as the business community. Each university has named two representatives to the board.
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