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Free online university
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sloan, Bernie)
Wed Mar 15 20:33:51 2000
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From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@UILLINOIS.EDU>
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Those of you interested in online learning and distance learning will
probably be interested in the following article from today's Washington
Post. High-tech billionaire Michael Saylor is going to donate $100 million
towards creating a tuition-free online university. The article notes:
"Eventually, he wants his nonprofit university to "become a cyber Library of
Congress."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9402-2000Mar14.html
Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax: (217) 333-6355
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
