Corporate education
While Bill Gates testifies in Washington, American technology companies continue to prosper. Their market seems all but invincible and recently, colleges and universities throughout the nation have made plans to make their own contributions to these growing giants, often at the expense of the students whom it is their goal to educate and serve. In what appears to be a growing trend in higher education, Clayton and Floyd colleges - both in Georgia - have signed joint ventures with several corporations dealing in technologies from computer manufacturing and Internet providers to telephone companies.
Silent classrooms
As at the University, many colleges and universities nationwide find themselves in an environment of required political correctness. Students are more often than not dictating the tone and atmosphere of classes, as professors are chilled by threats of lawsuits and investigations. But things in academia might be changing. The University of Wisconsin at Madison, known as one of the most politically correct institutions, is in the process of rewriting its faculty speech code.
Letters to the Editor
Winter 1999, the fake courseguide
11-25-98
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