National Conference (Re)Considers Technology's Future in Education.

Information on the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) National Higher Education Issues Conference held in Washington D.C. from April 14-16, 2000 is presented. Participant Andrew Feenberg stressed on the long-term perspective of both, a teacher's role and humane communication. He said that institutions of higher learning should avoid adopting a model based on mechanization and management. Carol A. Twigg emphasized that administrators should opt to spend on smaller class sizes.