Educom VP Carol Twigg says that if industry would tell educators what kind of "product" they want, they could contract with educational institutions to obtain it. Distance learning schools are the most tightly coupled to community, industry, and student needs. [Multimedia Today, 10/95, p. 10. EDUPAGE.]

Harvard's John Kotter asks "Why should business schools offer a two-year 'terminal' degree to people at age 25? Why not a one-year program at 25 and a month-long program at 28, 31, 34, and so forth?" The continuing education need not be tied to campuses or classrooms. [The Futurist, 11/95, p. 27. INNOVATION. Chuck Morefield.] (Maybe the continuing education would look like our Communique!)

"In a one-room schoolhouse, the teacher taught English. On a nationwide net there is demand for Sanskrit, too. Knowledge workers -- not just teachers but bankers, engineers, insurers, translators and countless others -- can now sell skills nationwide or beyond." -- Peter Huber. [comp.society.futures, 10/31/95.] (Huber's essays are on .)

The acronym hasn't changed, but FASE is now the electronic "Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education". (It was the Forum for Academic Software Engineering, but now stresses education.) Articles about corporate and government training can be sent to Kathy Beckman ; other topics go to Keith Pierce or to . [FASE, 11/10/95.]