The Global Partners in Education (GPE)

Its aim is to promote the Global Classroom Network or learning beyond borders with emphasis on the benefits of virtual learning in education across cultures and societies. East Carolina University is part of the North Carolina University System comprising sixteen (16) Universities with East Carolina University as the Third Largest and has a student population of about twenty eight thousand (28,000). The programme which began in 2004 with only three (3) members now has over forty (40) Universities from different Continents and Countries across the world as presented in the list below.