| Show Innovative idea in business education CPS GPS N entrepreneur has AN A developed a for barter-for- education medical school that he says will help promising students from countries that dont don't have ready cash but might have some steel grain or petroleum to spare Robert Ross founder and chairman of Ross University said the system of exchanging exchanging exchanging ing goods for education would be especially helpful to countries such as the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations nations nations na na- na- na where hard currency is in short supply y This is a new innovative idea in education said Ross who also is in the business of buying and selling products such as magnesium lumber equipment grain petroleum coal and steel on the world market Because Im I'm in that field it was easy t to convert my ideas into barter for education education education tion he said Under the program the university would accept raw mat materials rials from the foreign governments ministry of education or a state organization tion instead of tuition payment payment payment pay pay- ment to the university's accredited accredited accredited ac ac- ac- ac credited Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in inthe inthe inthe the Caribbean The government then would offer loans to the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who could work out some form of repayment possibly through community service Perhaps a small village or township would combine efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts to help send a bi bright ight member of its community to medical school Ross said The Soviet Union Nigeria Pakistan Poland Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia and Romania have expressed interest in the program program program pro pro- gram Ross said Ross was named by Time magazine in 1972 as one of the new Marco for his work in establishing trade connections in China as well as the Soviet Union and Eastern European na na- na- na J LA J C w I |
