University of Adelaide's new partnership

Just saw this story on yahoo news:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-Uni-Partnership-between-bw-3369750696.html?x=0&.v=1

I wonder if this is the start of a bigger trend, with American Universities, simply partnering up with already established foreign university to offer programs, instead of the foreign universities, setting up centers in the US.

 

Good article. Thanks for the contribution. As to your question, it makes sense tome that these two schools would partner up. It's easy to see it as a win-win situation. I'll bet that you'll see more of this in the future as globalization continues.

 

The good news for Kaplan is that there is a government sponsorship for local students. The government pays the fess for the student and, after graduation, the student repays the government through a tax process. The university will get the students and the students the money to pay.

This country views distance education no differently to Bricks and Mortar education. There is no stigma and nobody asks how you did the degree. It's irrelevant. The stigma thing seems to be a US phenomenon.

I have often wondered why good distance learning universities from the US don't do something like this. They could also bridge into Asia through Australia which I suspect is the intention of Kaplan. Businesswise, they have their US market, move into profit there, come to Australia with a prepared and developed product, deliver on the ground to a susbsidized market, then into Asia.

I know that Excelsior College and the University of Southern Queensland had some conversation sometime ago. I don't know the outcome.

 

The good news for Kaplan is that there is a government sponsorship for local students. The government pays the fees for the student and, after graduation, the student repays the government through a tax process. The university will get the students and the students the money to pay.

This country views distance education no differently to Bricks and Mortar education. There is no stigma and nobody asks how you did the degree. It's irrelevant. The stigma thing seems to be a US phenomenon.

I have often wondered why good distance learning universities from the US don't do something like this. They could also bridge into Asia through Australia which I suspect is the intention of Kaplan. Businesswise, they have their US market, move into profit there, come to Australia with a prepared and developed product, deliver on the ground to a susbsidized market, then into Asia.

I know that Excelsior College and the University of Southern Queensland had some conversation sometime ago. I don't know the outcome. Maybe this will be the future