February 25, 2000

The Role of Distance Education at Elite Liberal-Arts Colleges

To the Editor:

As an alumnus of Williams College (class of 1983), I would not be in favor of the Global Education Network's proposal ("Distance-Education Company Woos Bastions of the Liberal Arts," January 28). To me, the strength of the undergraduate experience at Williams was not merely the absorption of information presented by professors, but the interaction with other students and the opportunity to query and be queried by them and faculty members, in

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