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Friday, November 29, 2002
Introduction: The Information University - Laura Bartlett, Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor 5.1
1. For at least the past decade, the specter of the virtual university has both enchanted and haunted us with its possibilities. While the virtual university is a dream for some and a nightmare for others, the central plot is generally the same for all invested parties. For the academy, business, and government alike, technology is the driving force propelling us toward “the university of the future.” Either as protagonist or antagonist, always as agent of change, technology replaces a cumbersome and expensive faculty, save for a few token academic superstars whose work is distilled into raw data, traded for stock options, stamped with corporate logos, stored on massive servers, and downloaded by paying customers accustomed to 24/7 convenient service.
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