The quiet collapse: What the partial U.S. government shutdown means for higher education
The academic community must act with urgency to preserve the scaffolding that supports research, student access, and institutional stability
Educational innovation gets boost under new programs
A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms.
Students trust high Google search rankings too much
As seasoned internet veterans know, just because a site shows up high on Google's search rankings doesn't mean it's the most credible source on a topic. But that…
Study suggests Wikipedia is accurate … and a little dull
Wikipedia enthusiasts may have a new way to argue their case to professors skeptical of the online encyclopedia: Cancer researchers said in June that Wikipedia was nearly as…
Momentum building for federal online privacy rules
Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., plans to introduce an online privacy bill that would create standards for how consumer information is collected and used for marketing, reports the…
Ask.com reverts to its Q&A origins
Ask.com, which has tried with scant success to morph itself into a search engine on par with those of Google and Microsoft, is unveiling a new version of…
Viewpoint: Digital learning tools fulfilling their promise
A new generation of education technology coming to market has finally succeeded in addressing many of the issues that once made eBooks and other digital tools so frustrating…
Free online university boosting students’ computer access
