September 13, 2002

Simon Fraser U. Panel Rejects Complaints From Bypassed Critic of Technology

By DAN CARNEVALE

A committee at Simon Fraser University has rejected a complaint by David Noble, an outspoken critic of distance education, who says he was turned down for a prestigious appointment because of his distaste for mixing technology and teaching.

Officials at the university, in British Columbia, say they consider the matter closed. But a national faculty union may apply pressure to the institution to review the situation again if the union's own investigation concludes that the university

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