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Joe Paterno rumors: Penn State editor quits after erroneous report is picked up nationally
The managing editor of a student-run news organization that covers Penn State resigned hours after the publication tweeted erroneously that former coach Joe Paterno had died, the Associated Press reports.…
Schools get help with big internet protocol change
A trove of advice, tips, and hints for switching to the internet’s newest protocol, known as IPv6, is available for schools and colleges that haven’t completed the network alterations and…
Should colleges promote favorable rankings?
Not a month goes by without someone e-mailing to tell me about an awesome new college ranking that I must write about, says Jenna Johnson, columnist for the Washington Post.…
Stuttering student told not to speak
Officials at a community college in northern New Jersey declined to say Wednesday whether they disciplined an adjunct professor who asked a stuttering student not to speak, but acknowledged that…
Is Goldman Sachs’ CEO afraid of Columbia students?
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has canceled a speech he planned to give at Barnard on Oct. 12, though officials said he plans to reschedule, the Columbia Spectator reports.…
College newspapers react to Steve Jobs’ death
College students have grown up in a world indelibly changed by Steve Jobs. Many of the cultural touchstones they have grown up with and taken for granted (the iPod, the…
College flash mobs become pep rallies made for YouTube
Three steps to starting college: Meet roommate. Unpack in dorm room. Then, sometime during orientation, hear music, see a student start dancing, watch as more dancers join in, and join…
Gallaudet University adjusts to a culture that includes more hearing students
The quiet campus of Gallaudet University in Northeast Washington was always a place where students could speak the unspoken language of deaf America and be understood, reports the Washington Post.…
Catholic college cancels Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist’s speech because she’s pro-choice
St. Francis University, a Catholic university in central Pennsylvania, has canceled a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman because she supports abortion rights, the Associated Press.…
Survey: Instant messaging will surpass eMail
Many CIOs predict that real-time communication technologies, such as instant messaging, SharePoint , Chatter and Yammer will overtake classic email in the workplace in the next five years, Computerworld reports.…