Shai Reshef Named to UN Body of Advisors

Shai Reshef, President and Founder of Uiversity of the People, a global, tuition-free online university, has been named to a United Nations group of advisors on technology policy.

From his newsletter:

The United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) has invited Shai Reshef to its High-level Panel of Advisers. Reshef joins a group of distinguished practitioners, policymakers and experts recognized in their respective fields who contribute to and support the mission and objectives of GAID to provide a platform for open and inclusive policy dialogue on the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in development.

The University begins open enrollment on April 27, 2009.