By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor, Author at eCampus News

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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

Campus payroll errors can translate to big bucks … but automation can help

May 19, 2011April 7, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Collecting and entering employee payroll information is a famously complex task in higher education. College payroll calculations are even more complicated—and fraught with error—when they’re done by hand.

IT Leadership

Will GOP scrutiny change the way professors use eMail?

April 6, 2011April 4, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Professors and researchers might shy away from using their university-issued eMail accounts to discuss thorny political issues, turning instead to personal eMail, after a University of Wisconsin professor’s…

Campus Leadership

Does your college have a gambling policy? Don’t bet on it, new site says

April 5, 2011April 1, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Higher-education officials, students, and their parents might be able to better identify the signs of gambling addiction on campus thanks to a new website that provides reams of…

IT Leadership

App-surdity: Are these apps real or fake?

April 1, 2011 by Denny Carter

PC World presents a challenge: It's time to put the "app" in "Ap(p)ril Fools' Day." Can you tell which of these mobile apps are real and which are…

News

An anti-college backlash?

April 1, 2011 by Denny Carter

Parents, of course, obsess over the Ivy League admissions game, carefully studying up on how to give their kids an edge, the Atlantic reports.

IT Leadership

The Final Four no college wants to make

April 1, 2011March 31, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

There’s a March Madness bracket out there that might cause nightmares for campus technologists everywhere. It ranks higher education’s worst security breaches, and a related report says things…

IT Leadership

Job searches require phone lessons for text-happy students

March 30, 2011March 29, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

With piles of resumes and cover letters waiting to be sifted through, employers more and more weed out applicants with quick phone calls. That can mean trouble for…

IT Leadership

New federal rule could have worst impact on small states

March 30, 2011March 28, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Colleges with online programs might withdraw from states, mostly in the northeast, that have small populations and stringent requirements for distance education courses when the Education Department’s “state…

IT Leadership

Student pushes back against college gossip site

March 28, 2011March 24, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Hurling online insults is easy when you’re anonymous. Putting a name to that invective changes everything—and that’s what University of Southern California freshman Haley Winters is banking on.

IT Leadership

Experts: Accusations could make students wary of for-profit colleges

March 24, 2011March 22, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Members of Congress likely won’t be swayed by the latest round of damaging personal accounts from former Kaplan University students released last week, but prospective students might exercise…

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