Here are a few more recent articles and papers in the educational press that add to the debate. Public Agenda is a non-profit public opinion research and citizen education organization founded in 1975 by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. It is independent of time and place. Real education does not occur on a campus. The utopia of distance education envisioned by Phillips will put increasing demands on infrastructures as faculty and students depend on expensive technologies such as high-speed data and video networks, online libraries, and production staff and facilities.
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