Increasingly, the grassy American campus will give way to no campus (online learning) or a program abroad.

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Internet-based initiatives from Khan Academy to MITx are poised to give greater access, very possibly altering the nature of education in some ways, but concurrently fueling interest for US education in general and the deep, interactive learning that only on-campus instruction can provide not to mention the unmatched networking opportunities of physical universities.

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"All students require safe environments to learn and reach their full potential, and Coach Rice's conduct has no place on a campus that is devoted to learning and fostering a sense of community, " it said.

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We need to find a way to help these young scholars be able to focus on growing and learning, instead of being fearful of being assaulted on campus.

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In his speeches, Mr Mbeki condemns the collapse of the culture of learning: the teachers' unions that strike for implausible pay increases, the students at Venda University who burned down campus offices because the administration would not give them 30 cans of beer each for a party.

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