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Dennis has covered higher education technology since April 2008, having interviewed some of the most recognized IT pros in U.S. colleges and universities. He is always updating eCampus News with the latest in pressing ed-tech issues, such as the growing i

Universities mull role of tenure in UAH shootings

March 1, 2010February 26, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Questions about how universities handle tenure decisions have arisen after Amy Bishop, a professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus, was accused of killing three colleagues from…

Saving Money, Improving Efficiency with a Service-Based IT Approach

How to grow campus technology amid shrinking resources

January 28, 2013February 25, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Being an IT official at a California university today requires a close look at any measures that can save the campus cash. But Hilary Baker, vice president for…

IT Leadership

Schools fall victim to P2P security breaches

March 3, 2011February 24, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Peer-to-peer file sharing in schools and colleges has come under scrutiny again after a Federal Trade Commission probe turned up massive security breaches that made student grades, Social…

IT Leadership

Princeton students, profs give Kindle mixed grades

March 8, 2010February 23, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Princeton University has released findings from its semester-long pilot of Amazon.com’s Kindle DX electronic reader, and the results appear mixed: While students reduced the amount of paper they…

IT Leadership

Online books let college students earn credit—and cash

February 24, 2010February 22, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Nineteen business majors are trying to sell the idea of free online textbooks to their professors in an internship program that pushes open content technology designed to counter…

IT Leadership

Yearbooks another casualty of the Facebook generation

February 22, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

For the first time since 1887, students at the University of Virginia won’t have a hardcover memento of their college years: The school founded by Thomas Jefferson has…

IT Leadership

Notification delay surfaces in Alabama shootings

February 22, 2010February 22, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Nearly an hour passed before University of Alabama at Huntsville officials dispatched emergency notification to students and faculty after fatal shootings allegedly committed by a professor, raising new…

Campus Leadership

More Americans skeptical of higher education

February 22, 2010February 19, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

An increasing percentage of Americans believe colleges and universities prioritize profit margin over educational quality—a claim educators refute as unfair, especially during the current economic downturn.

Campus Leadership

Duncan pushes back against private lenders

February 19, 2010February 17, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Responding to private lenders’ lobbying efforts against White House plans for direct federal loans, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Feb. 17 that he trusts the U.S. Senate will…

Campus Leadership

Cashing in on idle tech assets could help close campus budget gaps

July 23, 2010February 17, 2010 by By Alexander Poltorak, Contributor

Each day, universities conduct and invest in research that has an impact on science, medical, and technology industries. And while schools of higher education serve a larger purpose,…

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