They are increasingly programming into a number of other Latin American countries in addition to Mexico. Poley plans to try to see their facilities in Guayaguile and Quito, Ecuador on her upcoming trip. ADEC is in the process of developing cooperative activities with the World Bank particularly focused on distance education and information technology infrastructure and program development into underdeserved rural areas around the world. Poley was asked to make a presentation to Bank staff on November 4 followed by a meeting with senior Bank officials to discuss this area. More information will be forthcoming.
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Washington D.C. November 5. He said there will be national and international competency exams and credit banks. Learning modules will be developed by private industry and productivity must go up and costs down of today's public education. ADEC is a distance education consortium of state universities and land grant colleges, other institutions of higher education, government agencies, professional organizations and businesses joined together to develop and share distance education via technology.