"I hope the new updates will clarify the applicability of these guidelines to contemporary situations," he said. "It remains to be seen how powerfully different media will play out for education--pen and paper aren't that bad either."

Fineberg cited a few examples of Harvard's attempts to make the University more accessible to students across Boston, including the Harvard Extension School.

In terms of his own case, Miller said his involvement with Concord was not great enough to constitute a conflict of interest. The "teaching" only involved 10 hours of videotaping. Since then, he said he only "episodically" calls his colleagues there.

"I do not know why Harvard is so uptight about a fledgling institution," he said, adding that he sees Concord bringing education to students who cannot easily access it.

But Clark said Concord University's Web site made him question Miller's involvement with the institution.

"They are projecting him somehow as a teacher during the year," Clark said.

Miller is not an official faculty member of the school, according to Andrea E. Wilson '91, a spokesperson for Concord.

"It's really just a matter of nomenclature," Wilson said. "When Professor Miller joined us, it was as a member of the Board of Faculty Advisors. We changed that to be Board of Advisors in April at Professor Miller's request."