Ask.com reverts to its Q&A origins
Ask.com, which has tried with scant success to morph itself into a search engine on par with those of Google and Microsoft, is unveiling a new version of…
Month: July 2010
Viewpoint: Digital learning tools fulfilling their promise
A new generation of education technology coming to market has finally succeeded in addressing many of the issues that once made eBooks and other digital tools so frustrating…
In ruling on iPhones, Apple loses a bit of its grip
Apple likes to maintain tight control over what programs can appear on the iPhone—a task that just became a little bit harder, reports the New York Times: The…
B-schools all a-Twitter over social media
With interest in social media growing, B-schools are adding courses to teach students what it means for business, BusinessWeek reports.
iPad is changing what’s in a campus store
A recent article in Fortune magazine warns that universities should hate the iPad, because it will infringe on profits in the campus store.
Free online university boosting students’ computer access
The free online University of the People has teamed up with a global computing network, aiming to harness the network’s computer resources in six developing nations where students…
Once a leader, U.S. lags in college degrees
Adding to a drumbeat of concern about the nation’s dismal college-completion rates, the College Board warned July 22 that the growing gap between the United States and other…
Civil rights groups skewer Obama education policy
It is most politely written, but a 17-page framework for education reform being released July 26 by a coalition of civil rights groups amounts to a thrashing of…
U.S. looks to improve disabled access to internet
The Obama administration on July 23 offered a series of proposals aimed at enhancing access to web sites for people with disabilities, Reuters reports.
Proposed federal rules crack down on for-profit schools
The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations July 23 that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or…