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Crunch the Numbers: A Question of Leadership; First-gen Students Get Online; AI Worries on Student Privacy
Americans are experiencing a crisis of faith toward higher education leaders and do not fully trust them to prioritize their ... Read more
New software turns paper into an inexpensive digital tablet
New software will enable Livescribe's digital "smart" pens to stream all notes taken live, in real time, to a computer—turning special dotted paper into an inexpensive digital tablet,…
Universities use tool to battle student ID theft
College students have to know which data are most vulnerable before they can protect their identity online. The creators of a new software program that fights identity theft…
Not getting the (text) message
Traditional methods of mass notification, such as sirens, television, and radio, only provide critical information to the community in a timely manner if they tune in. And, in…
Data breaches slam campuses this summer
It's been a tough summer for college IT officials charged with defending campus servers from hackers targeting databases brimming with students' and faculty's personal information.
College CIO: Embrace virtualization, but not too much
Using one computer to power many has saved money as college budgets have been slashed, but too much of this good thing can lead to “virtualization sprawl”—an emerging…
Brown University expands Google services, could save $1M per year
Reports of Gmail’s demise, it seems, have been greatly exaggerated. After a spring that saw at least three prominent universities move away from Google’s eMail and applications, technology…
Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness
Six months after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pumped $3.6 million into a national certification program for teachers of remedial college courses, a new initiative will dole…
How to avoid accidental data breaches
While most CIOs spend their days worrying about the external hacking threats, a university’s greatest vulnerability comes from its own students, faculty, and administrative staff.
Tech-savvy university grows mobile learning with $1.8M award
