October 15, 1999

A Purdue Professor's Web Site Takes On Note-Taking Companies

Mathieu Deflem is crusading against a group of Internet companies that he condemns as intruders into the private, privileged relationship between professors and their students.

Mr. Deflem, an assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University, has converted a portion of his academic Web site into a mini-clearinghouse of information about Internet companies with names like Versity.com, StudentU.com, and Study24-7.com. The companies pay students to take notes

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