In exchange for a $2.3 million grant from Microsoft, the University of Waterloo has not only instituted a programming course in Microsoft's C# language, but required it for all incoming CS students. This is a naked case of sacrificing academic integrity for money. The curriculum of a university is the prerogative of its faculty, not of donors. (Thanks to Margaret Kane for News.com.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/17/2002 11:21:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
