The sites' founders say they are not trying to replicate the experience of traditional offline and online college courses.
Mudd, who was expelled from college, had been offline for two years, which was a form of punishment for any computer-obsessed teenager, Cooper said.
Live, one-on-one college advisory services, offered until now primarily offline, became available on the Internet last Friday through a new Web site, PureAdvice.com.com
"We know from our research that young people face a huge range of pressures, including stress at school, college or university, body image issues, bullying on and offline, around-the-clock social media and uncertain job prospects.
A sample of 671 female college students participated in an experiment using a 2 (prior offline brand image) × 2 (online performance) between-subjects design.
Mudd, who was expelled from college and now works as a kitchen porter, had been offline for two years, which was a form of punishment for any computer-obsessed teenager, Cooper said.
The only offline promotional campaign undertaken by the company was a spot during the college football and NFL broadcasts on CBS.
Construction of a second new residential college, he said, would allow the University to take existing dorms offline for needed modernizing and refurbishing.
But as Mr. Liman has learned from shepherding the works created by college students that he and his Nibblebox partners hope to sell offline, you can't stay relevant on the Web unless you fully understand the medium.
A1 Teacher Pique at Stuyvesant A Web site that let students anonymously evaluate teachers has gone offline after faculty members at the prestigious New York City high school threatened to withhold college recommendations for the junior who created and operated it.
