May 19, 2000
Free Degrees? They're Only a Matter of Time
In March, Michael J. Saylor, the chief executive officer of the software company MicroStrategy, announced that he was giving $100-million of his own money to develop a university that offers an online, Ivy League-quality education free of charge. Whether or not Saylor is able to turn his vision into reality, online education will eventually be free. It is only a matter of time.
Administrators at educational institutions have tended to think of technology as a
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