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Re: More .edu abuse? WWW.COLLEGES.EDU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JIM FLEMING)
Tue Nov 14 04:22:32 2000
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From: "JIM FLEMING" <jfleming@anet.com>
To: <DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.NETSOL.COM>,
"Rusty H. Hodge" <rusty@HODGE.COM>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>, "Susan R. Harris" <srh@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 03:14:58 -0600
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.EDU has little or no meaning...just look at MERIT.EDU as an example...
They are essentially an ISP...backed by NSF welfare...
Jim Fleming
http://Register.WEB.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Rusty H. Hodge <rusty@HODGE.COM>
To: <DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.NETSOL.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:06 AM
Subject: More .edu abuse? WWW.COLLEGES.EDU
> Repostsed without permission from Bay City news, San Francisco.
>
> Is this really appropriate for a .edu?
>
> CALIFORNIA COLLEGES SHARE ONE-STOP WEB SITE
>
>
> BCN17 -WWW.COLLEGES.EDU
>
> By Bay City News Service
> The California State University system announced today that
> students can find information about every public, private and
> community college and university in the state on a new Web site.
> The California College Explorer Web site, which can be found at
> www.colleges.edu., features everything from links to campus home pages
> and admissions information to career assessment tests and scholarship
> searches.
> Spokesman Ken Swisher says the Web site is a joint initiative of
> the California Round Table, in collaboration with California State
> University, University of California, California Community Colleges,
> Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the
> California Department of Education and the California Postsecondary
> Commission.
> Swisher says www.colleges.edu is the latest in a series of
> statewide initiatives to promote access to higher education.
>
> MalaikaFraley1117a11/13/00
>
> CONTACT: Ken Swisher (562) 951-4806
>
