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One positive and hopeful sign of recovery in Haiti is the plan to create a new, modern university. See New University to Rise in Haiti as Higher Education There In Collapse. Huff Post, December 2, 2010.
The mission of the International University of Haiti is Creating Global Leadership through providing students with a combination of Liberal Arts for critical thinking and Professional Development for specific skills toward building a New Haiti. Each student is strongly encouraged to major in one field and minor in the other. Fifty-two students are already enrolled. Tuition is set for US$600 per quarter for ten credits, with 120 credits required to graduate. A degree would cost only $7,200 over four years – affordable to those of modest means. The new university will cooperate with Haitian micro-lenders to accommodate student loans.
The need for the new university is especially apparent given the state of Haitian higher education post-quake.
What I cannot determine from the write up is whether distance learning techniques will be used. Given the huge losses in faculty resulting from the earthquake, it would seem a likely means to gain new faculty quickly.
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