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...doubt that anyone will drop out of MIT (or choose not to apply) because they can now sit at home and read syllabi and lecture notes on the Web. Instead, MIT’s decision sets it apart from other universities, notably a coalition of Princeton, Stanford, Yale and Oxford, which last year announced a distance-learning program which will most likely include some form of academic credit. These efforts are far more likely to compromise the value of on-campus instruction...
...know of to have successfully combined careers as rock singer in a respected band and as a standup man, as well as producing jazz albums, writing poetry and being interviewed more times than seems humanly possible. And he has been asked to give the Union Address at Oxford University this year. Not bad for a guy who still refers to himself as “the guy who makes those dick jokes...
...etymology of the word relates to the origins of the medium. When humorous cartoon strips first appeared in magazines and newspapers in the late 1800s they were referred to, quite naturally and accurately, as "comics." The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first use in this context in 1889. In the 1910s some of the these strips' runs were collected together and printed as periodicals in their own right. The word naturally carried over to describe these literal comic books...
...Fineberg would not say whether the Harvard administration would approve of a program like MIT’s initiative. Last year, Harvard turned down an offer to join a distance learning alliance among Princeton, Yale, Stanford and Oxford...
...Rangy and intense, Cummings comes from the gritty city of Durham where his father and uncles own a nightclub. While studying history at Oxford his summer job was sweeping floors and serving drinks in the family business. After graduation he sought adventure and profit in Russia, working with a friend to secure an international route for a Russian airline. Two years later, he concluded the country was too corrupt for normal business and came back to London...