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Universities hope to top Google’s high-speed list »

As cities vie for the opportunity to be chosen for Google Inc.’s pilot of an experimental, ultra-fast internet network, colleges and universities have thrown support behind their local towns....

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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....

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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. ...

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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...

March 15 2010 / Read More »

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Groups make renewed push for student loan reform »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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? »

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 »

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...

Mar 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Conferences

Report details coming trends in campus technology

Report details coming trends in campus technology

Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational material, according to a report...

Jan 20, 2010 / More »

Curriculum

Girls might learn math anxiety from female teachers

Girls might learn math anxiety from female teachers

Young girls might learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers, new research suggests....

Jan 26, 2010 / More »

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Connecticut might waive student loans for ‘green’ job workers

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. ...

Mar 16, 2010 / More »
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