I am an employee at The Distance Learning Center, which as you may know represents a number of universities offering distance learning degree and certification programs. The Distance Learning Center will be offering a number of scholarships in 1998. The great majority of them are being offered through the embassies. However, students may apply directly to The Distance Learning Center. The greatest number of scholarships are being offered through Newport Asia Pacific University, which offers an almost entirely online Master of Science degree program in TESOL which was designed and is being taught by Professor David Nunan, Dean of the School of Education. Also, there is a Master of International Business, and a Master of Arts in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, designed by the renowned Japanese linguist, Chikashi Furukawa. Full and partial scholarships have been made available by the university and its alliances with non-profit and for-profit institutions and entities and the university is planning on awarding over fifty scholarships in total. However the "catch" is that in order to qualify, you must have a computer with Internet access, and must have enough energy to keep up with Professor Nunan in the online classrooms. New cohorts begin every eight weeks, with the next one beginning on March 23rd, 1998. People interested in obtaining information about scholarship programs can contact me directly at [log in to unmask] or if you want info about the University in general, check out the University's web site at http://www.asiapacificu.edu Dave Povinsky THE DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tel: +81 (0)48-463-3077 The Distance Learning Center Fax: +81 (0)48-464-4199 1-4-3-202 Maruyamadai e-mail: [log in to unmask] Wako-Shi, Saitama 351-01 JAPAN ---------------------------------------------------------------- REPRESENTING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING Visit our web site at: http://www.distance-learning.org -----------------------------------------------------------------