3 ways to show appreciation for your higher-ed employees
Expressing appreciation in a genuine and thoughtful manner strengthens your connection with members of your team and improves their morale
Schools beef up security for web applications
K-12 schools and colleges are adding extra layers of security to web applications that are being used for everything from eMail service to group assignments. The extra security…
House boosts college aid for students in need
Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on March 21 also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and…
Prospective college students finding answers online
Juwanna Brown, a 16-year-old junior at Illinois’ Lane Tech High School, found answers to many of her questions about college in a virtual environment, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
Open courseware as a viable business model?
Open courseware isn’t the end of higher education, as some have feared, but rather a recruiting tool that can lure people to enroll in credit-bearing classes, according to…
Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights
Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they…
Court: Cyber-bullying threats are not protected speech
A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters…
Student aid, linked to health care, gets a trim
Congressional Democrats on March 18 trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college…
Online education expert: Discipline is key
Irresistible prime-time television and quick snacks that turn into 20-minute breaks are the ever-tempting enemies of online learning, according to Maryland’s distance educator of the year, who says…
Duncan: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
