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David Noble, Critic of Distance Education, Dies at 65

David F. Noble, a prominent critic of the corporatization of academe and of distance education, died on Monday evening of natural causes, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. He was 65.

Mr. Noble taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later at York University in Toronto, where he became known for his political activism....
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