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ERIC Number: EJ620074
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
For-Profit Web Venture Shifts Gears, Hoping To Find a Way To Make a Profit.
Carlson, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v47 n22 pA33 Feb 9, 2001
A for-profit Web venture, Fathom, backed by several major universities, is changing its strategies for marketing and content, hoping to find a way to make a profit. The site will rely on member institutions to create and contribute shorter, noncredit online courses and seminars to accompany the free content, such as articles, already offered on the site. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Online Courses, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Columbia University NY; Profit Making Programs