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IP: ELECTRONICS AND THE DIM FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 17:46:09 -0500
"Third Tuesdays" Seminar - February 20, 1996 "Interdisciplinary Aspects of the Electronic Superhighway" Institute for Computer & Telecommunications Systems Policy School of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Tuesday, February 20, 1996 4-6 p.m. Room 413-414 Marvin Center 21st & H St. NW, Washington, DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELECTRONICS AND THE DIM FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY Speaker: Eli M. Noam Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University Discussant: Marc Rotenberg Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summary The growth of electronic media and communication has provided new tools for academics, but also poses several fundamental challenges to the future of universities as the centers of of research and higher education. One result of the rapid increase in the production and dissemination of information is that the advantage of physical proximity of researchers in universities is diminished. The strength of the university of the future may lie less in serving as pure centers of information and more in college as a community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please visit ICTSP on the Web to learn more the Seminar Series: URL: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/seas/ictsp/Activities/Seminars/
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