By Denny Carter, Managing 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

‘Sophisticated attack’ exposes 300K university records

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Personal data from the records of more than 300,000 University of Maryland (UMD) students, faculty, staff, and various personnel were exposed in a massive data breach Feb. 19.…

Digital Issue Article

Higher Ed’s fight against online cheating

February 20, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Colleges and universities have evidence showing that online programs are adopting academic integrity policies and authenticating web-based test takers in large numbers.

IT Leadership

Open, free, and for college credit

February 19, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

A small New Jersey college that has made its name with innovative online learning efforts will soon allow students to earn course credit through free, open, web-based classes…

IT Leadership

Should colleges adopt White House cybersecurity plan?

February 17, 2014February 13, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

The Obama administration on Feb. 12 released its long-awaited cybersecurity framework as colleges and universities struggle in the fight against a barrage of cyber attacks that have compromised…

IT Leadership

Without educator support, ‘there is no hope’ for MOOCs

February 19, 2014February 12, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Massive open online courses (MOOCs), despite enthusiastic support from many educational higher-ups, won't gain widespread acceptance until teachers and professors embrace the experimental classes as a viable educational…

IT Leadership

Online cheating tech leads to huge plagiarism drop

February 12, 2014February 11, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

There has been a marked drop in the frequency of plagiarism at colleges and universities that deploy anti-plagiarism technology, just as campuses adopt online academic integrity policies in…

IT Leadership

Online education’s ‘wicked’ challenge

February 7, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

One 20,000-student university would have to be constructed somewhere in the world every week for the next dozen years to accommodate the projected 50 million new students expected…

Campus Leadership

A year of higher education aha moments

February 7, 2014 by Denny Carter

It has been a year since I arrived at the American Council on Education (ACE) in Washington, D.C., a 22-year veteran of the University of California and most…

IT Leadership

Why are colleges getting free Big Data services?

February 11, 2014February 5, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Many colleges and universities are finding that Big Data analytics services aren't included in the axiom preaching that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Hoping to…

Digital Issue Article

Admissions offices cutting back on Facebook

February 5, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

College and university admissions offices, it seems, have reached a saturation point with their use of Facebook as a recruiting and interactive social media tool.

‘Sophisticated attack’ exposes 300K university records

Higher Ed’s fight against online cheating

Open, free, and for college credit

Should colleges adopt White House cybersecurity plan?

Without educator support, ‘there is no hope’ for MOOCs

Online cheating tech leads to huge plagiarism drop

Online education’s ‘wicked’ challenge

A year of higher education aha moments

Why are colleges getting free Big Data services?

Admissions offices cutting back on Facebook

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