This article is in the NY Times today. I find it to be an engaging debate for the pervasiveness of email communication with students. Enjoy.
EDUCATION | February 21, 2006
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By JONATHAN D. GLATER
E-mail has made college professors more approachable, but many say it has made them too accessible, erasing boundaries that had kept students at a healthy distance.