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From: jcw@wdl1.UUCP (John C Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Electronic Collegs
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Date: 3 Mar 88 08:06:14 GMT
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William Joel, in a recent posting, said:

>                            Electronic Collegs
>JZEM@MARISTB.BITNET                                          William J. Joel

>  ... Essentially, what kept coming up was that the students tried to 
> evaluate this new form of education using a traditional model of 
> college life.

I think you're on to something here.  People would be less likely to 
evaluate electronic colleges by inappropriate standards if they thought 
of them as "collegs".

Seriously, I think your typo was felicitous.  "Electronic college" is an
unwieldy term, and "college" loses the distinction.

John C. Williams