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Mission: World University & School's ([http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University ~~http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]~~ - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) - mission is to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and potentially degrees, eventually) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.

Mission: World University & School's (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) - mission is to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and potentially degrees, eventually) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.

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==Support World University and School==

The World University and School Foundation relies heavily on the generous support from our users. We're presently looking for angels. Please consider making a generous donation today, be it time, money or hardware. The benefactors page is dedicated to some of the companies and individuals helping to sustain the World University and School Foundation projects.

The World University and School Foundation will be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, and donations from US citizens are tax deductible. Donations made by citizens of other countries may also be tax deductible. Please see deductibility of donations for details. Please see our fundraising page for details of making donations via PayPal, postal mail or direct deposit. For all other types of donations, please contact us presently at scott@scottmacleod.com.

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==World University and School's Board of ~~Directors~~==

==World University and School's Board of Clerks==

David Byrne

http://www.terratechnology.com/en/about/board.php

Ed Smyth, M.D.

http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/doctor/edwardsmyth/

Gantt Galloway, Pharm.D.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gantt-galloway-pharm-d/0/3a7/616

Larry Viehland, Ph.D.

http://www.chatham.edu/departments/sciences/undergrad/chemistry/facstaff_details.cfm?ID=19

Rob Byrne, M.B.A., M.S.

http://www.terratechnology.com/en/about/board.php

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==World University & School's Clerk / Founder / Facilitator / President ==

Scott MacLeod's, M.A., D.R., research focuses on the anthropology of information technology and counterculture. He's taught "Society and Information Technology" on Berkman Island (not on Harvard University's faculty) in Second Life, and on Penn State Isle in Second Life as a Penn State University instructor. He's taught both anthropology and sociology in real life at Chatham University, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, Penn State - New Kensington, and UC Berkeley. He's currently writing an ethnography of Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, with a virtual world aspect, and developing World University and School (like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware - [http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University ~~http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]~~).

Scott MacLeod's, M.A., D.R., research focuses on the anthropology of information technology and counterculture. He's taught "Society and Information Technology" on Berkman Island (not on Harvard University's faculty) in Second Life, and on Penn State Isle in Second Life as a Penn State University instructor. He's taught both anthropology and sociology in real life at Chatham University, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, Penn State - New Kensington, and UC Berkeley. He's currently writing an ethnography of Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, with a virtual world aspect, and developing World University and School (like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University).

Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com