No sources are listed, but this month's issue of The Node is reporting that the British Columbia, Canada, government is considering the closure of Tech BC and the Open Learning Agency, two of British Columbia's (and Canada's) learing distance learning institutions. According to the very short item, "TechBC, the province's newest university, has been plagued by controversy and high operating costs since its opening in 2000, while the Open Learning Agency, founded in 1978, has been working to maintain its market niche in the face of increasing competition in the distance education arena from traditional institutions." The closure of these institutions would have serious consequences for distance learning in Canada, and I'm more than a little disappointed that the Node didn't see fit to cite any sources or attribution for this item.
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