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Based on the tentative proposals that the three universities divulged last week, the long-distance learning program would be a non-profit and not-for-credit consortium that would focus on continuing education through the schools' faculties of arts and sciences. The idea is that graduates will be able to log on and get information in different fields in a specifically tailored flexible environment that would not be geared towards racking up additional credits towards an advanced degree. As a tangential benefit, the program might eventually lead to enhanced online resources for undergraduates...
...same time, there are a number of reasons why Harvard is wise in delaying its involvement with the proposed consortium. First and foremost, we share the sentiments of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 who stated last week that he had not yet heard that the "College has a surplus of faculty time unused by our undergraduates." There is no reason that an already under-staffed Faculty should be called upon to divert any larger portion of their energy away from the undergraduate population by loading them down with the additional responsibility of reworking their material to meet...
Ostriker said it might be easier for Harvard to think about joining the Yale-Princeton-Stanford consortium when the details are clearer...
...real question is what they can deliver," said Janet K. Poley, president of the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), a group whose affiliates include Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University and Rutgers University...
...know of a school that could offer everything that everyone needs to know," she said. "I think Harvard would be very smart to get into a consortium with institutions that are not just like Harvard...