Video: A Highly Creditable Curriculum

Engrossing new public TV shows double as college courses

Going to school via television used to be typically a matter of waking up with the chickens for a session of Sunrise Semester. But the TV classroom has left the chickensĀ—and the sunriseĀ—far behind. This fall, housebound students can examine issues in constitutional law under the guidance of such authorities as retired Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart and former President Gerald Ford. They can also study the workings of the human brain, thanks to a lavish $6 million series that for dramatic impact rivals anything...

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