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What Google can teach colleges about servers

August 19, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Editor

Increasing internet use, the proliferation of streaming video, and the need for more powerful servers has colleges and universities seeking new, efficient ways to cool those all-important servers.…

ACE conference addresses college sustainability in troubled times

March 7, 2013 by By Sarah Langmead, Assistant Editor, @eCN_Sarah

This week, a panel of higher-education stakeholders gathered to discuss their greatest sustainability challenges during the economic downturn.

Higher ed fundraising jumps amid recovering economy, social media use

May 19, 2011April 19, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Seven in 10 colleges and universities have recorded an uptick in donations this year after historic decreases in 2009-10, and experts said Facebook and Twitter adoption could be…

Campus payroll errors can translate to big bucks … but automation can help

May 19, 2011April 7, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Collecting and entering employee payroll information is a famously complex task in higher education. College payroll calculations are even more complicated—and fraught with error—when they’re done by hand.

Technology helps save college fundraising

May 19, 2011December 6, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Carefully crafted social media strategies and web videos that tug alumni heartstrings could become a foundation of college fundraising as campus officials use dwindling resources to recover from…

Brown University expands Google services, could save $1M per year

July 23, 2010July 8, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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

July 23, 2010June 29, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

Tech-savvy university grows mobile learning with $1.8M award

July 23, 2010May 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Abilene Christian University, among the leading users of mobile technology in higher education, will use a $1.8 million award from AT&T to build a studio for mobile learning…

UNC expects to save $100K through eBilling

July 23, 2010May 19, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Paying bills online is nothing new for 20-somethings, but the University of North Carolina’s elimination of traditional snail mail in sending out tuition bills means students will have…

Data analysis tool offered to campuses free of charge

February 23, 2011April 21, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Faculty and students on 200 campuses nationwide will have free access to advanced data management and analytics software via cloud computing beginning in the fall 2010 semester, after…

Surviving the budget crisis

What Google can teach colleges about servers

ACE conference addresses college sustainability in troubled times

Higher ed fundraising jumps amid recovering economy, social media use

Campus payroll errors can translate to big bucks … but automation can help

Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness

Tech-savvy university grows mobile learning with $1.8M award

UNC expects to save $100K through eBilling

Cambrian College Works With Honeywell to Continue its Campus Sustainability Efforts

WGU Labs Invests in Developer of Digital Learning Tools and Support

CAE and Texas A&M University’s Business School Announce Partnership To Improve Student Outcomes

Higher Digital Launches New Technical Debt Assessment Tool

Backed by ECMC Group, Dell Foundation and Others, New Apprenticeship Closes $2.5M Seed Funding to Solve Entry Level Tech and Diversity Hiring Gaps

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