What Google won’t do anymore
Google will no longer scan student and faculty eMails for advertising keywords, the company announced this week. The change comes on the heels of a lawsuit in California…
Campus Administration
10 new, free campus leadership MOOCs for April
With all the MOOCs available today, including the number of platforms and higher-ed institutions offering courses, it’s sometimes difficult to navigate the most credible—and most interesting—MOOCs that can…
Autism gets redefined for profs, campus admin
As more people continue to get diagnosed as autistic across the U.S., numerous supports have been put into place and research conducted on students with autism…at least in…
How to save lives with social media
Dallas, Texas -- The night before Byron Piatt was scheduled to speak about campus emergencies at the 2014 ACUTA conference here, his campus was experiencing an emergency of…
University of Maryland faces more cybersecurity woes
The University of Maryland alerted administrators last week that someone hacked into its computer network and accessed the personal data of a senior university official. The "cyber-intrusion," as…
Cyberbullying bill would tie harassment policies to aid
When Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi jumped from the George Washington Bridge in 2010, the events leading to his death were a painful reminder that cyberbullying is not…
Entertainment devices draining campus wi-fi
Wi-fi-connected devices on college campuses have more than tripled since last year, with entertainment devices far outpacing the increases in tablets and smartphones, a new report said. Smart…
HBCUs go online with open educational resources
Hoping to address a long-standing issue at historically black colleges and universities, Wiley College has teamed up with Lumen Learning to create a center entirely devoted to the…
3 burning questions about bitcoin in higher ed
What is bitcoin? Bitcoin is an open-sourced online currency, a completely digital form of money that can be shared through a peer-to-peer payment network. Created in 2009 by…
Helicopter parents find their helipad
A new online portal at University of Tennessee at Martin allows parents to check their students grades, attendance, and more. To many in higher education, “helicopter parents” can…