University presidents pitch in as professors
You roll into class with your cup of coffee, grab a seat and open up your laptop. The professor at the front of the room is one of…
Month: January 2012
Penn State defendants plead not guilty to perjury
Two Penn State University officials waived a chance to face a judge on Thursday and instead entered pleas of not guilty on paper to charges they lied to…
Apple unveils interactive textbooks, revamped iTunes U
Apple might make the heavy backpack an endangered species.
The 10 colleges with the best libraries
What is better than a college library? What genius came up with the idea that it is better to study in a gargantuan stone building than a small…
Recruiting in higher education: more than an academic exercise
Dr Helen Yallop is head of the academic practice at Moloney Search. She also holds a visiting research fellowship at the department of history at King’s College London.…
5 insanely thin and light laptops that are coming soon
There's a whole new wave of gadgets right around the corner that you might not have even known you needed—until now, of course. Meet the ultrabook, a class…
Colleges join Wikipedia in SOPA blackout protests
Syracuse University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined several of the web’s most visited sites, including Wikipedia, in a partial blackout to speak out against pending…
Report: 1,000 Iranian college students change majors to nuclear physics
Five days after a nuclear scientist in Iran was assassinated, more than 1,000 students in Tehran’s universities announced their intention to apply or change their major to nuclear…
10 least expensive private colleges
While choosing the best college or university can be difficult, strategizing a way to effectively finance your education can pose its own set of challenges, U.S. News reports.
Google joins anti-SOPA protest by “censoring” its logo
Although it didn't black out any of its sites entirely, Google has joined the anti-SOPA protest by putting up a censored version of its logo, visible only to…