Meris Stansbury, Author at eCampus News

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The former Editorial Director for both eSchool News and eCampus News, and was formerly the Managing Editor of eCampus News. Before working at eSchool Media, Meris worked as an assistant editor for The World and I, an online curriculum publication. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2006 with a BA in English, and enjoys spending way too much time either reading or cooking.

Latest posts by Meris Stansbury (see all)

25 education trends for 2018 - January 1, 2018
IT #1: 6 essential technologies on the higher ed horizon - December 27, 2017
#3: 3 big ways today’s college students are different from just a decade ago - December 27, 2017

IT Leadership

Chinese wrest supercomputer title from U.S.

October 28, 2010October 28, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as…

Campus Leadership

As college fees climb, aid does too

October 28, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

As their state financing dwindled, four-year public universities increased their published tuition and fees almost 8 percent this year, to ... Read more

IT Leadership

FTC drops Google StreetView inquiry; other countries, not so much

October 28, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

The Federal Trade Commission has ended its inquiry of Google and the data it collected from unsecured wireless hotspots, citing the company’s improved privacy policies, reports ZDNet.

Campus Leadership

Lawmaker calls for investigation of College tuition policy

October 28, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

A Republican Maryland lawmaker urged a criminal investigation of Montgomery College on Wednesday, challenging the school's longtime practice of giving resident tuition discounts to illegal immigrants, reports the…

News

Opinion: Community colleges must commit to change

October 27, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

A new report documents abysmally low student transfer and completion rates at California's two-year schools. Two L.A.-area campuses have already begun to make changes, say directors at the…

IT Leadership

Barnes & Noble unveils color Nook eReader

October 27, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

Barnes & Noble Inc. is introducing a new Nook eReader with a color touch screen for $249 as competition in the fast-growing industry heats up ahead of the…

IT Leadership

eMail spam falls after Russian crackdown

October 27, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

You may not have noticed, but since late last month, the world supply of Viagra ads and other e-mail spam has dropped by an estimated one-fifth, reports the…

IT Leadership

Firefox add-on can hijack Facebook, Twitter logins

October 26, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

Secured logins have been one of the most crucial issues pertaining to web security today. Eric Butler, a freelance web application developer showed how vulnerable current day websites…

IT Leadership

Amazon Kindle will let you lend your eBooks. Once. Maybe.

October 26, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

Amazon's Kindle Team announced on Friday that it plans to make lending for Kindle available "soon," reports ReadWriteWeb.

Chinese wrest supercomputer title from U.S.

As college fees climb, aid does too

FTC drops Google StreetView inquiry; other countries, not so much

Lawmaker calls for investigation of College tuition policy

Opinion: Community colleges must commit to change

Barnes & Noble unveils color Nook eReader

eMail spam falls after Russian crackdown

Firefox add-on can hijack Facebook, Twitter logins

Amazon Kindle will let you lend your eBooks. Once. Maybe.

Gale Digital Scholar Lab Expands to Help Students Present and Share Digital Humanities Research

APM Steam Offers Unparalleled Heat Exchanger Assessment and Testing Services for Colleges and Universities

College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

Cyber Attacks on Colleges and Universities: How Businesses Help Safeguard Higher Education from Cyber Threats

Laramie County Community College to Unveil New SmartCIM 4.0 from Intelitek

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