For colleges, social media no longer optional


About half of colleges surveyed in 2007 said they monitored the web “for buzz, posts, conversations, and news” about their campus. Today, that number stands at 68 percent, or 5 percent lower than it was in 2009.

“Given the ease with which monitoring can be done, it is surprising that all schools are not monitoring online buzz about their institutions,” they wrote.

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