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Thursday, February 07, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002020701t.htm Administrators Debate How Technology Is Changing the Faculty's Role By JEFFREY R. YOUNG Are the days of the lecture coming to an end? Once students have massive digital libraries at their fingertips, will the role of professors turn to guiding students rather than reciting facts? The Chronicle invited three administrators to discuss how technology is changing the duties of faculty members. The administrators -- Vicki Suter, Sidney A. McPhee, and Carl F. Berger -- are all involved in the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative, a national coalition of colleges and businesses that explores the use of technology to reduce costs and improve teaching at colleges. Ms. Suter is director of projects for the coalition. Mr. McPhee is president of Middle Tennessee State University. And Mr. Berger is a professor of science and technology and director of advanced academic technologies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor....
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