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Smart phones could be lifelines for college students

December 12, 2013December 9, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Add another function to smart phones on college campuses: a potential life-saving device for at-risk students. The University of California Davis campus Dec. 9 unveiled a mobile site…

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eCN special report: Powering the mobile campus

December 4, 2013December 2, 2013 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor in Chief

Jordan Maynor, a freshman at Southern Illinois University (SIU), was one of 2,700 incoming students to get a tablet computer from the university when he set foot on…

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Anticipating students’ changing technology preferences

November 29, 2013 by By Jennifer George-Palilonis

Preparing students for careers in journalism and mass communication is increasingly challenging. As the media industry evolves and the ways in which information is gathered, presented, disseminated and…

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College degree via mobile device?

November 22, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

The definition of class participation has changed for students at the University of Southern California's (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering. The USC engineering program's Distance Education Network, a…

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The outsourcing of campus ResNet services is here

November 13, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

College and university IT officials have for years warned that students' ever-growing pile of mobile devices would eventually be too much for local residential networks (ResNet). It was…

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Events on campus yield big data with new mobile app

November 18, 2013November 8, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

For decades, college events have been advertised through bulletin boards in residence halls and at intersections of sidewalks that wind through campus. A new mobile app is being…

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Blackboard transforms mobile devices into student IDs

October 28, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

One ubiquitous college student staple is set to replace another this year as Blackboard Inc. attempts to turn mobile devices into campus ID cards. Students at many campuses…

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Online app reveals true cost of college

October 25, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

A new online app called College Abacus is making it easier for students and their families to get estimates in advance of how much financial aid colleges and…

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College students: we’re ‘digitally distracted’

November 1, 2013October 24, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Eight in 10 college students point to smartphones, tablets, and laptops as a near-constant distraction in the classroom and lecture hall. Awareness of the various digital distractions pervasive…

Smart phones could be lifelines for college students

eCN special report: Powering the mobile campus

Anticipating students’ changing technology preferences

College degree via mobile device?

The outsourcing of campus ResNet services is here

Events on campus yield big data with new mobile app

Blackboard transforms mobile devices into student IDs

Online app reveals true cost of college

College students: we’re ‘digitally distracted’

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HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

How Does Higher Education Procurement Work?

Abbey Road Institute Opens State-of-the-Art Campus in Los Angeles

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