Layoffs Mark End of Controversial U. of Illinois’ Global Campus

The University of Illinois is eliminating the jobs of most staff
members of its Global Campus, an ambitious and controversial effort to
create a major distance education unit, functioning largely
independently of the university's campuses and their faculties. A new distance education effort is being planned in its place. The Global Campus has been a source of concern to faculty members from the start, as many said it was created without adequate academic oversight by professors.

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