Faculty were more reluctant. For Nancy Cotton, a 23-year veteran English professor, diving into technology wasn't a good use of her time. She had been frustrated by computer classes. At 58, she's just a few years from retirement anyway. Charles Lewis, a professor of philosophy for the past 30 years, would have none of it.
People assume that the information highway is a wonderful thing to be riding down.
I'm more impressed with the misinformation highway. Paul Escott, dean of the college and Reynolds professor of history, said it's OK for professors to resist. But in some disciplines it has changed the whole way they teach. One business professor has abandoned lecturing altogether. E-mail is an important part of teaching now.