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Online hate sites grow with social networks
According to a new report on digital hate speech, terrorists and racists are turning to online social networks and depending less on traditional web sites to recruit impressionable followers, the New York Times reports....
March 16 2010 / Read More »Fending off the ‘digital decay’ of archived resources, bit by bit
As research libraries and archives are discovering, "born-digital" materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated, reports the New York Times....
March 16 2010 / Read More »Connecticut might waive student loans for ‘green’ job workers
Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant. ...
March 16 2010 / Read More »Internet safety video could win young filmmakers $10,000
Computer security company Trend Micro has an offer for any teen or adult who cares about internet safety and security and wants to become an award-winning filmmaker, CNET blogger Larry Magid reports. ...
March 16 2010 / Read More »iPad swapped if its battery fails, Apple says
If you're one of the folks (or as others have said, "idiots") who have already decided to hand over a few Benjamins for an iPad pre-order, chances are you haven't given much thought to what...
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Groups make renewed push for student loan reform »
Higher education and K-12 activist groups have stepped up their support in recent days for President Obama’s student lending reform legislation, which has stalled...
Mar 14 2010 / No comment / Read More »Colleges embrace MP4 technology for delivering instruction »
Four universities are giving students the chance to complete certificate and degree programs by downloading class material to mobile devices like iPhones and iPods...
Mar 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »Test-taking case reveals gap in visa security »
A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in...
Mar 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »Blackboard unveils system for disbursing student aid »
Some college students will be able to use their allotted financial aid by swiping a debit card instead of waiting for paper checks to...
Mar 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »Professors, beware: Your nasty eMail could go viral »
The prospect of an eMail bouncing to every corner of the internet has college professors measuring their words carefully after a New York University...
Mar 9 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »Is better learning a click away? »
Clickers first appeared in college classrooms over a decade ago and have since spread to just about every college and university in the country,...
Mar 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »Universities push to get students counted in 2010 census »
Colleges, universities, and their surrounding communities have a financial interest in making sure all of their students get counted in the census, so public-relations...
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