These will be repeated during the coming academic year and new ones will be added. All this activity is covered in the MSU Technology Guarantee announced in November by President Peter McPherson. Church and Paul M. Hunt, vice provost for libraries, computing, and technology, are MSU's point persons for coordinating and encouraging such development. In addition to physically upgrading its computing and Internet capabilities, MSU is following two parallel paths, reports Church. The other approach is to see that on-campus students benefit from and become skilled users of Internet resources while still on the campus.
Church says teaching on the Internet is extremely challenging.
On the other hand, a dramatic lecture is different when you're watching at home than when you're sitting with 300 people. Neither are the students and faculty. Not at Michigan State University. And, someday, bricks and mortar may give way to a virtual campus. But a university should not be defined by its buildings and grounds.