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From: duncan@geppetto.ctt.bellcore.com (Scott Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,news.groups
Subject: Any interest in an 'education' group (was Re: The subject matter of this newsgroup [comp.edu])
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Date: 23 Dec 88 12:45:42 GMT
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In article <552@ur-cc.UUCP> in comp.edu msir@cc.rochester.edu (Mark Sirota) writes:
>Here are the official descriptions of these newsgroups:
>
>comp.edu		Computer science education.
>soc.college		College, college activities, campus life, etc.
>
>Please pay attention to these.  An astouding number of articles here would
>be more appropriately placed in soc.college (e.g., "Posting grades",
>"Student preparedness", "Student and Course Integrity", etc.)
>
>Thank you for your cooperation.
>-- 
>Mark Sirota - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
> Internet: msir@cc.rochester.edu
> Bitnet:   msir_ss@uordbv.bitnet
> UUCP:     ...!rochester!ur-cc!msir

I've just checked out soc.college and the three main topics seem to be a
discussion of racial issues, a discussion of Boston University's policies
for coed dorm life, and cross-posts of the issues above.  Almost no posts
on the issues of education (college or otherwise) seem to be in soc.college.

On the other hand, Mark is correct in that the subject matter of these dis-
cussions may have strayed too far from computer science education, per se.

I have not bee able to uncover any other newsgroup with deals specifically
with issues of educational philosophy, practice, etc.  I am, therefore,
asking if this is something people would be interested in seeing?

Being ignorant of what it takes to start a new group (technically as well
as administratively other than some sense of a voting procedure), I hope
others more informed about this, and equally interested, will take up this
subject (or enlighten me by email as to what needs to be done or where I can
find this out).

Speaking only for myself, of course, I am...
Scott P. Duncan (duncan@ctt.bellcore.com OR ...!bellcore!ctt!duncan)
                (Bellcore, 444 Hoes Lane  RRC 1H-210, Piscataway, NJ  08854)
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