Integrating your college’s Title IX and Title VI policies and processes
Colleges and universities should weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks carefully when designing and implementing an integrated civil rights response
Seton Hall professors monitor students’ laptops
Students’ use of laptop computers in campus lecture halls has frustrated many college professors who fear that too many students are surfing the web or otherwise not paying…
FCC chairman expected to leave broadband services deregulated
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, reports the Washington Post—even as a federal court decision has exposed weaknesses…
Virtual lab at Carnegie Mellon wins SPORE prize
Students in introductory chemistry classes often start off with learning how to balance chemical equations. The educational message, according to Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor David Yaron, seems…
Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google
Foreign-language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. has lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are…
Professor to students: Text away
Georgia State University students who don’t want to yell their questions from the back of a cavernous lecture hall now have another option: They can send text messages…
HP buying Palm for $1.2 billion
Palm, the company that invented the PDA but has struggled to stay relevant in recent years, will be acquired by computing giant Hewlett-Packard for $1.2 billion, CNET reports.
UGA wraps up investigation of music-downloading extortion
University of Georgia police have closed a months-long investigation into a former employee's alleged scheme to shake down students who used UGA's computer network to illegally download music…
Lots of technology, but we’re missing the point
