[MD] The Academy is Evil! Here's what I'd do instead...

[John Carl]

So much to dip in and out of... there's the seed of a really radical idea
right here:

[Mark]
> Government funding of all literature and the removal of for profit
> publishers.
>
> [Arlo]
> You caught me completely off-guard with this one, you commie bastard. But I
> am
> not sure what "literature" you mean, academic publications? Textbooks?
> Novels?
>
>
John:

E-publishing!  The cost of textbooks is really a ridiculous profit mill.
Make it all downloadable and you'd save thousands per student.  My eldest
daughter in college says there is some movement in this direction already.


[Arlo]
> I am not a professor, but I've worked within the Academy for the past
> fourteen
> years, doing mostly instructional design but with a strong emphasis on
> information technology.
>
>
John:
Yeah!  Just the man to get it done.  What about it Arlo?  E-publishing!