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• How's the distance education business these days? Turns out, pretty darn good
• In her interview, Dr. Cynthia Selfe looks at the impact of technology on literacy and teaching
• Looking for some good distance education Web sites? We've scouted them out for you!
• Canadian Mark MacNeill wants to show you how to live the good life while teaching on-line
• Is distance education a meteor speeding toward the prehistoric professoriate?
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Over the past 24 months, many distance education providers have gone belly up. The number of distance education students enrolled, however, has continued to rise: An important trend for part-timers to watch.

THE JOB
Adjuncts who expect to succeed in the virtual classroom need to learn how to make personal connections via cable modem, and embrace technology.

INTERVIEW
Cynthia Selfe talks about the future of technology in the higher education classroom.

NEWS

INNOCENTS ABROAD
Teaching ESL in Hong Kong is an uphill battle most of the time.

GOING THE DISTANCE
What are the global prospects for distance education? Turns out, pretty darn good.

DESK DRAWER

• Canadian Sessionals Set to Strike At Carlton University in Ottowa, Canada, sessionals and GSTAs are prepared to walk off the job in January 2003.
• Union Protests Lecturer's Treatment In Japan, a foreign lecturer loses his job and chalks it up to racial discrimination.
• ISU Nontenured Faculty File Suit Over Union Eligibility Rules At Illinois Southern University lecturers go to court to decide who will be allowed to join the local.

REVIEWS

THE NET
Best of the Web: distance education resources.

FOURTH ESTATE
The USDLA Journal is definitely worth a look (and better yet, the on-line subscriptions are free).

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Is distance education a meteor speeding toward the prehistoric professoriate?

FIRST PERSON
Canadian part-timer Mark MacNeill wants to show you how to live the good life while teaching on-line.

THE LAST WORD
An update on the magazine and Web page.