Tavis, I referred to Virtual U merely to point out that there are serious, well funded efforts to apply computerization to damned near every field. While I am not suggesting that the attempt to computerize higher education will necessarily succeed, I think it would be a major error to assume that it's merely a gimmick that will fold of its own weight. Sid > > > On Wed, 7 May 1997, D Shniad wrote: > > > Tavis, you obviously haven't heard about the Virtual U model that is > > being promoted across North America and Europe. > > Sure I have. I just don't read about every half-assed high-tech gimmick > and think, "This is the world of the future." Maybe when I do I'll drop > out of politics and become a Buddhist monk. > > > Cheers, > Tavis > >
