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The Virtual University: Legitimized at Century's End: Future Uncertain for the New Millennium

As higher education enters an age of global convergence of human activities and knowledge, the virtual university gains acceptance on three fronts: accreditation, government support, and foundation endorsement. The current environment seems to favor the primacy of the instructor, with technology in a supporting role, and a mixture of profit and nonprofit motives. However, if education, like information, becomes a commodity, then other, less viable models may emerge.

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