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Online colleges ‘wage war’ with student aid fraudsters
Online programs at some colleges have stopped accepting student applications from states known as hotbeds for fraud rings that sign up students for courses, receive student loan payments, and disappear…
Update: Wis. lawmakers spare broadband program
A controversial plan to cut $37 million in federal grant money from the University of Wisconsin system has been axed from the 2011-13 budget, according to a legislator involved with…
Study links college majors to potential earnings
The choice of undergraduate major in college is strongly tied to a student’s future earnings, with the highest-paying majors providing salaries of about 300 percent more than the lowest-paying, according…
Yale offers free online access to its collections
Yale University announced May 10 that it will offer free online access to digital images of millions of objects housed in its museums, archives and libraries, and the school said…
All together now: Managing data campus-wide gains traction
Databases constantly updated with student and faculty information is nothing new in higher education, but linking those myriad systems to each other and sharing information between campus departments is gaining…
Obama: Spare education from budget cuts
In his State of the Union address on Jan. 25, President Obama called for more investment in education, innovation, and infrastructure—setting up a showdown between his administration and Republicans in…
For minorities, new ‘digital divide’ seen
When the personal computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines. Then, when the Internet began to change…
Faster, cheaper color printing coming soon
For a long time, the two choices in desktop printers have been inkjet and laser. This year, a significant twist on the inkjet is hitting the market and promises higher…
New devices allow for mobile wireless broadband
This year, the big national wireless carriers will be racing to stake their claims in the latest frontier of service: ultra-fast data access through a cellular connection for smart phones…
Network Security Glossary of Terms
ACL (access control list): A method of keeping in check the internet traffic that attempts to flow through a given hub, router, firewall, or similar device. Access control is often…