Extreme Distance Learning - Chinese Students get U.S. Diplomas without leaving China

LA Times ^ | November 20 2001 | HENRY CHU

[testforecho]

Shu Yang is a proud alumna of the University of Colorado at Denver. An economics major, she graduated at the top of her class and received her diploma last month.

But ask her to identify Denver on a map and Shu draws a blank. Mention the Broncos and she shakes her head. She has no idea who Denver's mayor is. In fact, what she knows of the entire state of Colorado boils down to four words: "They have mountains there."

[Wright is right!]

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Michael

[Brookhaven]

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[nevergore]

bump...

[Jen]

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