May 13, 2005

Can Software Replace Professors?

To the Editor:

I will not mince my words: The idea presented by John C. Miller, director of the Algebra Courseware Project at City College, that software will inevitably replace professors in the sciences as well as the humanities, is foolish and misinformed. In addition, Jamilah Evelyn's article "Wider Adoption of Instructional Software Is Inevitable, College Official Says" (The Chronicle, March 18) is short on criticism, missing an important opportunity to attack such