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Monday, February 18, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021801u.htm Russian Students Experience American Political Science Through Distance Learning By BROCK READ "The Soviet Union may have disappeared into history 10 years ago," says Coit D. Blacker, deputy director of Stanford University's Institute for International Studies, but "the damage inflicted upon the social sciences and humanities in Russia was profound." Through a Stanford program, Mr. Blacker and his colleagues are attempting to repair some of the damage -- by giving Russian students a taste of an American political-science classroom. Last quarter, the university's Initiative on Distance Learning -- a branch of Mr. Blacker's institute -- introduced the first in a three-year series of political-science courses delivered to Russian universities through CD-ROM and online learning. The initial offering, "International Security in a Changing World," was taught by Mr. Blacker and a team of Stanford political scientists....
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