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 Volume 2 Issue 10 November 1998

California Virtual University Delegation Visits Asia

Leaders of higher education in California and an official from Governor Pete Wilson's office recently visited Japan and China to promote collaboration between California universities and their Asian counterpart institutions.

"California is America's number one destination for international students," said Dr. Stanley Chodorow, Chief Executive Officer of the California Virtual University. "The development of the Internet provides new opportunities for faculty throughout the Pacific Rim to cooperate in educating students of every nation. Our goal is to lay the groundwork for close collaboration."

The eight-member California delegation had meetings with Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Investment (MITI), the National Institute of Multimedia Education, the University of Tokyo, Waseda University and government and education officials in Kyoto, Osaka, and Shizuoka to discuss such issues as development of interoperable course catalogs and joint research and development in new forms of distance education.

In addition to Dr. Chodorow, the CVU delegation included: Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, Chairman of the CVU Board of Directors and Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, University of California; Dr. Jonathan A. Brown, President, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities; Mr. Gene L. Dinielli, Chair, Academic Senate of the California State University; Dr. Andy Imada, Association Professor and International Liaison, Center for Scholarly Technology; Ms. Kim Jones, Vice President, Academic and Research Computing, Sun Microsystems; Ms. Marie Schmitt, Director, Oracle Academic Initiative, Oracle Corporation; and Joseph Rodota, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor.

Three members of the California delegation attended the Sixth International Conference on Computers in Education in Beijing, China, to present the vision and report on the progress of the California Virtual University.

The California Virtual University (CVU), a joint project of the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, ties together into a single Internet-based catalog the online and technology-mediated course offerings of California's accredited colleges and universities. The CVU extends access to the state's higher education system to people who are unable to take advantage of traditional on-campus instruction.

The California Virtual University Web site can be found on the Internet at www.california.edu. Currently, 95 California campuses link more than 1,700 courses and over 100 complete programs, from certificates through Ph.D, to the catalog.



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