Benedictine University receives permission to teach students in China

Published: 2005-01-19

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CNS) -- Benedictine University has been a strong presence in Lisle for more than 100 years, and now the institution is making inroads in China. In December, the university started its first courses for Chinese students pursuing a master of business administration degree at Shenyang University of Technology. John Cicero, dean of Benedictine's College of Business, said there are plans to start students in the master of science in management information systems degree program during the summer at Shenyang Jianzhu University. Visas to study in the United States would be hard for many of the Chinese students to obtain, and the cost of attending classes at Benedictine University would be about five times the amount needed to earn an advanced degree from a Chinese institution, so the Lisle university plans to bring the classes to the students in Shenyang, a city of about 4.8 million people in northeast China. Cicero explained the Chinese universities would be providing facilities and support for the Benedictine program -- the only American one approved in northeast China. Benedictine University faculty members have designed the programs and plan on teaching the courses along with the assistance of a few Chinese professors.

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