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Education used to be a private good with positive externalities. Thanks to technology and government largesse, it is no
longer the case. It is being transformed into a non-pure public good.
Technology-borne education is nonrivalrous and, like its traditional counterpart, has positive externalities. It can be
replicated and disseminated virtually cost-free to the next consumer through the Internet, television, radio, and on
magnetic media. MIT has recently placed 500 of its courses online and made them freely accessible. Distance learning is
spreading like wildfire. Webcasts can host - in principle - unlimited amounts of students.
Yet, all forms of education are exclusionary, at least in principle. It is impossible to exclude a citizen from the benefits
of his country's national defense, or those of his county's dam. It is perfectly feasible to exclude would be students from
access to education - both online and offline.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Psychological and Educational Research is a scientific review, appearing biannually, which publishes scientific materials belonging to all the fields of psychology. The emphasis falls on empirical studies, but it may include reviews, theoretical or methodological papers in psychology. Empirical papers with a strong theoretical framework and/or models of computational parameters are particularly encouraged. Theoretical papers of scholarly substance on abnormality may be appropriate if they advance understanding of a specific issue directly relevant to psychology and fall within the length restrictions of a regular (not extended) article. As a journal that focuses on researches within a quantitative, scientific remit, Journal of Psychological and Educational Research places particular emphasis on the publishing of high-quality empirical reports based on experimental and behavioural studies