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British Colleges Selling Screen Saver Ad Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jwz-gets-one-upped dept.

gotroot801 writes: "The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that eighteen British institutions plan to generate income during the coming academic year by displaying advertisements on the computer screen savers of students, professors, and staff members. Why does this remind me of that Simpsons episode where Troy McClure is teaching a Pepsi-sponsored class?"

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  1. Commercialising education by gorre · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Obviously this is a good thing as many colleges are under funded in the UK (my dad works at a college where they are facing redundancies like several others here in Scotland) but there must be control as education should not be too dependant on companies. For example microsoft sponsored computer science departments serving up propaganda from the evil empire.

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  2. UHM by rhymez0r · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Has anyone else thought about how stupid this is? Screensavers come on WHEN NO ONE is at the computer!