2. Editorial

Sorry for the long delay in bringing out this issue of GN.

Immediately getting to the point, here is a summary of the contents:

• From the University of the World Newsletter, an article about the increasingly recognized need for "global university".
• Information about a teleconference which has taken place but is nevertheless of interest for its originality.
• An article on the importance of accreditation for the development of global universities. Overseas subscribers might find this of particular interest.
• Dr. Gert W. Gast, M.D., a member of GLOSAS/USA, has contributed the feature article, written collaboratively. An education coordinator, Dr. Gast has been instrumental in developing Pegasus, the Australian branch of the global APC network (Alternative and Progressive Communications network - Peacenet in the U.S.). The article is about the pioneering use of the Pegasus network for teaching at a distance. Dr. Gast's collaborators include Jenny Ounsworth, a student who used Pegasus in order to follow a freshman composition course at a California college; George Jaeger, an instructor at Cerritos College, Norwalk, California, USA, the college at which Jenny Ounsworth "attended" the composition course while residing in Australia; Sandra Davey, a Systems Advisor with ILANET, the Information and Libraries Access Network in Sydney, NSW, which gave the students access to information; and journalism instructor Elyn Lewis who taught a class using the Extended Learning Network, Leura, NSW.

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