This university has comprometimento with excellency in education, research and financial aid to the pupils and in the rendering of services to the public in general. Film director oftentimes addresses this issue. The University of Wisconsin initiated its program of long-distance Education in 1958. The Penn State University, located in the United States, was one of the pioneering universities in long-distance courses, having initiated the first course for correspondence in 1892. It is not something David G. DeWalt would like to discuss. The Open University, is located in England, is possibly the greater and more traditional institution of long-distance Education of the Ocidente. The Open university of Holland (The Open University of the Netherlands Holland) initiated its activities in 1984. Dirige it two main groups: the ones that need one ' ' second chance' ' the ones that prefer one ' ' second alternativa' '. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), located in India, started a programming in 1987 with the following objectives: to provide chances with superior education great segments of the population including the groups in educational disadvantage, to promote the concept of long-distance Education and to provide education with high quality the university level. Radio and Television Universities (RTVU), located in China, were created in 1979 to take care of to the increasing and urgent demand for qualified people and education of adults who the conventional system did not obtain to satisfy.

In Brazil, the long-distance Education had beginning with the foundation of the Radio Society of Rio De Janeiro, in 1923, for Roquete Young chicken. In 1936, the Institute appeared Radio Monitorial Technician and in 1941 the Brazilian Universal Institute appeared. The Diocese of Christmas, in the Rio Grande of the North created radiofnicas schools that had given to origin to the Movement of Education of Base MEB, in 1959. In 1970, the Project appears Press. This project was kept until the beginning of years 80. At the beginning of years 70, the governmental option was the adoption of the first experiences of education for satellite. It appeared, in 1974, the Saci project. The project was interrupted in 1977-1978.

Another initiative without the waited success was the project developed for the University of Brasilia in middle of the decade of 70. The initiatives had been several that had not had success and continuity. This occurred because of some problems. We can cite one to illustrate: programs little tied with the real of the country and organized necessities without any accurate entailing with government programs. Some projects had gotten success as the Foundation of Teleducao of Cear (FUNTELC) that it was established in 1974 and it functions until today. In 1978, the Foundation Anchieta Priest (TV Culture) and the Foundation Marine Robert had launched the Telecurso 2 Degree. In 1995, Telecurso 2000 was launched. In 1991, a JUMP FOR the FUTURE directed to the formation of professors was launched the program. The long-distance Education in Brazil assumes some forms and is promoted by diverse institutions. In this work the initiatives promoted are considered for university, in order to allow a comparison with the presented international models already. In Brazil, it does not have a total dedicated university to long-distance Ensino, what it happens is that some sectors of actual universities shape long-distance courses to take care of diverse clienteles. The previous text is based on the Text ' ' History of the long-distance Education ' ' of Rosngela Schuwarz Rodrigues.