On February 25, 2004, CIBT held a joint press conference
in Beijing to announce that its bachelor degree programs
jointly offered with Beijing University of Technology, ITT
Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI), which operates the
ITT Technical Institutes, and Western International University
("WIU"), subsidiary of Apollo Group, Inc (NASD:APOL), had
received accreditation approval from the Beijing Municipal
Education Commission ("BMEC").
According to BMEC, this approval marks the
first foreign bachelor degrees to receive formal government
recognition by Beijing's regulatory authorities.
This event was attended by over 90 reporters
and media personnel and received coverage in several major
Asian newspapers.
To read articles
from these newspapers please click here.
Please note that all of these articles are in Chinese.
To
view photos from the press conference please click here.
Below are a list of some of the media firms
that provided coverage of this conference.
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Beijing
Portal (February 25, 2004)
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SOHU (February
26, 2004)
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SINA (February
26, 2004)
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Top Study (February
26, 2004)
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China
HR (March 3, 2004)
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Beijing News (February
25, 2004)
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Beijing Morning Post
(February 26, 2004)
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International Business Daily
(February 26, 2004)
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China Times (February
26, 2004)
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China Daily
(February 26, 2004)
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Beijing Times (February
26, 2004)
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Youth Express (March
11, 2004)
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Modern Education News
(February 27, 2004)
Prior to the press conference, on February 24th, 2004,
CIBT and WIU were invited by a Chinese education regulatory
body to give a presentation on the history and development
of the private for-profit education sector in the United
States. Michael Seiden, President of WIU, delivered the
presentation to an audience that included approximately
100 representatives from various government authorities
such as the Ministry of Education, the China Education Association
for International Exchange, municipal education commissions
and state-owned universities.
