Facebook app digitizes ‘nostalgic content’ for college alumni
A single class picture can connect hundreds of alums with each other and their alma maters. U For Life, a Facebook application launched in December and used at…
Month: March 2011
Tardy students get rude awakening with sunrise robo-calls
Chronically tardy and truant high school students in Fall River, Massachusetts may think they're having a nightmare when they are aroused at sunrise on Wednesday by their principal's…
Idaho passes Republican bill to curb union rights
The Idaho state legislature approved a bill on Tuesday to strip public school teachers of many of their collective bargaining rights while protesters in five states rallied against…
Opinion: Why blame the teachers?
With states and cities going through hard times, teachers, their pensions and their unions have become big targets for budget cutters, says the New York Times.
Does online education put traditional universities at a ‘grave risk’?
A university’s stockpile of faculty members with Ph.D.s soon could be irrelevant if online learning continues its rapid growth and provides flexibility for students of every age, said…
How to handle campus crises in the digital age
Pepperdine University President Andrew Benton told higher-education officials March 7 in Washington, D.C. that they should be wary of contact with journalists covering campus emergencies such as fires…
Taking photos of breakfast and giving meals to children
Breakfast eaters around the country are photographing their bowls of cereal, plates of eggs and assorted pastries, not out of a personal obsession with food but for a…
Professor commissions creepy robot that looks exactly like him
This isn't eerie at all: Geminoid DK, in conjunction with Professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University in Denmark, has created a robotic version of the associate professor that…
3 steps for choosing the right high school classes
Finding success as an applicant, however, rests more on what you do with the talents you possess than the fact that you have them, reports U.S. News &…
Can’t sleep? Turn off cell phones, game consoles after sundown, survey says
According to Yahoo! News, the more often you use "interactive" electronics like cell phones or video games right before bed, the more likely it is you'll miss out…