With the meltdown among Internet firms, the top California schools-Stanford, UCLA and Berkeley-fell in our rankings.

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He showed a video on cutting-edge universities such as Berkeley in California, that offer students Web sites for each course offered, and integrate the Internet into the learning process.

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Boyd, who has a doctorate in information studies from Berkeley, gained attention early in her career when she took on Sherry Turkle, the noted MIT psychologist and Internet social guru.

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