PBS Campus launches
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/17/2003 6:11:00 AM
It may not have ivy-covered walls or a football team, but PBS Campus hopes to become the Web portal to the halls of academe.
The online service, which launches Monday at www.pbs.org/campus, is a free guide to distance learning.
The joint effort among PBS, local noncommercial stations and colleges will provide course materials via Web and/or video, with the colleges providing the instructors and the degrees. At launch, 120 courses will be offered.
In additional, the portal will include a database of colleges, a student center with answers to frequently asked questions, a message board and a monthly newsletter.
PBS has been offering courses since 1981, and it claims more than 6 million students in that time, but in the past, it has promoted the courses at the institutions. This is its first effort to promote it to the general population of potential students.
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