Duke in China

[duke79]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1...expansion.html

Story on Bloomberg.com

[sagegrouse]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1...expansion.html

Story on Bloomberg.com

An article about some of the difficulties colleges are facing establishing campuses overseas. And, some "experts" quoted were wondering, in a world on internet education, why is a brick-and-mortar strategy attractive?

Money quotes:

Duke’s college in Kunshan, China, originally set to open in 2012, has been bogged down by construction setbacks, and is now slated for 2014...

Duke is spending an estimated $8 million on startup costs and $6 million annually over seven years at its China outpost while the city of Kunshan is spending an estimated $260 million to build the 200-acre campus.

While the opening delay is unfortunate, “it’s given us more time to be thoughtful about what we’re going to do,” Boulding said.

Omitted passages talked about faculty unrest at Duke leading the Unviersity to scale back the size of operations until the concept is proven.

sagegrouse