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...Oxford University will join the distance learning alliance started last year by Stanford, Princeton and Yale...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 had no comment yesterday on Oxford's decision. But in an e-mail message written last spring, he cited concerns about limited faculty time and "terms that Harvard could not control by itself" as reasons why the University did not join the alliance...
During his tenure, Princeton also ventured into the information age, joining with Yale, Stanford and Oxford universities in a distance learning alliance that Harvard opted not to enter...
Wilde said she uses the site mainly for its online resources like the Oxford English Dictionary...
MICHAEL JACKSON will lecture at Oxford University on the subject of child welfare. This may sound odd--after all, Jackson never even finished his Ph.D.--but Oxford has been host to celebrity speakers before, including such noted intellectuals as Jerry Hall and O.J. Simpson, and the school is still standing. Jackson's appearance, which will take place at the Oxford Union in February, was brokered by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Oxford alum, author of Kosher Sex and frequent Howard Stern radio guest. The two were introduced through mutual friend Uri Geller, famous bender of spoons. "I went to meet...