Boston has a mere 4.37, the study found. To test market demand for a certificate course in multimedia immersion, Georgetown University is auctioning off three seats in the class through a site on the Internet. The University of Colorado at Denver is developing a distance-education course in which students will conduct chemistry experiments in their own kitchens, using household chemicals. Anywhere Program, which is supporting the development of dozens of Internet-based courses. The 20th century's pre-eminent U.S. historian not only produced and inspired great scholarship, but also helped to shape the very Southern history that he studied, writes Drew Gilpin Faust, a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the Southern Historical Association, in an Opinion article.
Internet sites can help college stations reach new listeners, make money, and teach, a study finds.
How two librarians at the University of Delaware cultivated a relationship with the writer and composer Paul Bowles at his home in Morocco, and emerged with the remainder of his literary estate. The magazine features an interview with Eamon Duffy, a professor of church history at the University of Cambridge who has been helping with the Vatican's investigation of the Inquisition. In the interview, Mr. Duffy argues that his duty as a scholar to pursue the truth in no way negates his Roman Catholic faith. Those who see a conflict between that view and religious fidelity fail to grasp the role of history in the church, Mr. Duffy argues. It is very important that if the church goes to the past, then it should be the real past it goes to and not some fantasy or some heritage past that has been manicured and tidied up.