Panel at Simon Fraser U. Votes Against Hiring Critic of Distance Education

A key committee at Simon Fraser University has voted against offering a prestigious humanities appointment to David Noble, an outspoken critic of distance education. The decision comes nine months after administrators first blocked the appointment, prompting two investigations into whether the scholar was being blackballed for his anti-technology views.

Simon Fraser, which is in British Columbia, offers more than 90 distance-education courses each term. But administrators say they have

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