专家表示 在线MBA教育时代即将来临

 　　There are signs that the online Master of Business Administration (MBA) could become the most popular option eventually.

　　有迹象表明，工商管理学硕士(MBA)在线教育最终可能成为最受欢迎的选择。

　　A growing number of teaching institutions and students are embracing qualifications that are delivered entirely¹ or mainly over the internet. Online education is coming of age.

　　越来越多的教育机构和学生开始接受完全或主要通过在线方式取得的文凭。在线教育已经成熟。

　　Several factors have come together to drive this shift. They include the tightening² of visa conditions in the UK and elsewhere, schools attempting to reach overseas markets, advances in teaching technology and the growing credibility of online degrees.

　　多个因素共同推动了这一转变，包括英国等国收紧签证条件、学校试图进入海外市场、教学技术的进步，以及在线学位的认可度不断提高。

　　专家表示 在线MBA教育时代即将来临

　　"More and more people are used to being online and expect, in some ways, to be educated online," said John Colley, associate dean in charge of the MBA at the University of Warwick.

　　华威商学院负责MBA的副院长约翰·科利表示；“越来越多的人习惯上网并期待以某种方式接受在线教育。”

　　"The flexibility³ an online MBA allows is very attractive for a generation where time is constantly being squeezed and the demands of work heightened - you can fit the distance-learning MBA around your life," he added.

　　他还表示：“对于时间总是不够用、工作需求变多的一代而言，在线MBA的灵活性极具吸引力——你可以根据自己的日程安排远程学习MBA。”

　　Imperial College Business School launched its fully⁴ online global MBA (GMBA) in January 2015. Now, with 220 students enrolled⁵, it is the London school's biggest course. Most GMBA students would not consider a conventional MBA, says David Lefevre, director of Imperial's Edtech Lab.

　　2015年1月，帝国理工商学院推出了完全在线的全球MBA(GMBA)课程。如今该课程有220名注册学生，是这家位于伦敦的商学院人数最多的课程。帝国理工商学院教育技术实验室主任戴维·勒费夫尔表示，GMBA的多数学生不会考虑传统MBA。

　　"There is a growing proportion of MBA students who routinely work and collaborate⁶ online and across time zones," he says. "To these students, the blended approach is completely natural and it is the value of the purely⁷ face-to-face traditional MBA format⁸ that needs explaining."

　　“越来越多的MBA学生常常跨越时区、在网上学习和协作，”他称，“对于这些学生来说，这种混合式方法的好处是不言而喻的，需要解释一下的反而是纯面对面式传统MBA价值何在。”

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

3 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

7 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

8 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。