June 16, 2000

Will Fathom Add Value and Make Money?

To the Editor:

I wish Ann G. Kirschner, Columbia University, and their partners well in the development of Fathom, a for-profit venture formed to market distance-education courses and books on the World Wide Web ("Going for Profit and Scholarship on the Web," May 5). However, it appears that they are using a business model that has already been demonstrated not to work. ... The Western Governors University has discovered that functioning as a portal to other

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