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Rising enrollments require distance learning
Robert H. Messner, Jr. has watched faculty line up to use video-over-IP distance learning software at Delaware Technical & Community College, and as the school's chief technology officer, he sees…
BYU lifts YouTube ban
Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking students' access to YouTube. Key words:…
LEDs light up InfoComm 2009
School administrators, teachers, and professors were among thousands at the InfoComm audio-video conference in Orlando June 15-19, where technology vendors unveiled the latest in digital signage hardware and software and…
Cheaper eBook reader challenges Kindle
With the popularity of electronic reading devices on the rise, and a handful of colleges set to pilot Amazon.com's Kindle DX this fall, a new eBook reading device from New…
Feds simplify financial aid form
The Obama administration on June 24 announced its first steps toward making it easier to apply for federal college aid, and technology is playing a key role in the simplification…
Former college QB battles video game maker
A former college quarterback is suing video game company EA Sports and the NCAA for using his image in a popular video game without his consent in a case that…
Campus payroll project sees delays, more costs
A second attempt by the University of Wisconsin System to install a new computer payroll program is millions of dollars over budget and a year behind schedule. Moreover, a company…
Colleges get $16.5M to boost graduation rates
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MDC Inc. have announced $16.5 million in grants to 15 community colleges and five states to expand innovative remedial education programs that experts…
Google Maps snaps views from college campuses
A pedicab-like vehicle mounted with an 8-foot-high camera has been rolling around the pedestrian walkways of the University of Pennsylvania to collect panoramic images of the campus for Google Maps'…
Minn. woman loses music-sharing retrial
In what should serve as another stark warning to students about the repercussions of illegally sharing music online, a replay of the nation's first file-sharing case to go to trial…