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

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

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...

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