Microsoft unveils new privacy feature for IE
An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will let users add lists of sites that they don't want tracking them, a peace offering amid uproar over…
Month: December 2010
Surge in US students of Arabic: study
According to the AFP, Arabic was the fastest-growing foreign language for US university study last year, with enrollments growing by more than 46 percent compared to 2006, a…
GOP takeover signals major changes for higher ed
Congressional Republicans who have long railed against increases in federal student aid and new regulations aimed at for-profit colleges will serve influential roles on key committees next year—a…
Web site for teenagers with literary leanings
Figment.com will be unveiled on Monday as an experiment in online literature, a free platform for young people to read and write fiction, both on their computers and…
How online reading habits have changed over 2010
One of the more subtle trends of 2010 has been the way that our reading habits have changed, due to a convergence of other web trends: mobile apps,…
Kindle won’t play nice with eBooks purchased from Google’s eBookstore
One of the main benefits of Google's just-launched eBookstore is that you can read your free and for-pay eBooks on a wide range of devices, ranging from the…
Technology helps save college fundraising
Carefully crafted social media strategies and web videos that tug alumni heartstrings could become a foundation of college fundraising as campus officials use dwindling resources to recover from…
Some Columbia U. students warned about WikiLeaks
Columbia University students considering diplomacy careers are being warned to avoid linking to or posting online comments about secret U.S. documents released by the WikiLeaks web site, the…
Some retirees opting for campus life
Retirement communities, typically nestled near beaches or golf courses, are beginning to emerge somewhere else: on university campuses, reports the New York Times.
Report: More government involvement needed in college search process
Prospective students and their parents need more and far better information--particularly about outcomes--in order to help them decide the best school to attend and the federal government should…