Broadband access gap remains large
Roughly 40 percent of Americans do not have high-speed internet access at home, according to new Commerce Department figures that reinforce what educators believe causes some students to…
Policy
Google rebuts DOJ objections to digital book deal
Google Inc. wants the digital rights to millions of books badly enough that it's willing to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in a court battle over…
Congressional Democrats challenge Comcast, NBC on merger
Congressional Democrats on Feb. 4 challenged executives from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal to show that the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the entertainment company…
Experts split: Are FY11 student aid increases enough?
President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget includes $156 billion in student aid, a second consecutive increase in Pell Grant funds, and a lower cap for student loan repayments—but…
FY11 budget would boost research funding, student aid
Research university officials praised President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget, which includes more funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Pell Grant program used by nearly…
Wireless mic frequency change could affect colleges
Colleges and universities that use wireless microphones operating on the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency band have until June 12 to change the radio frequency or buy new equipment,…
Obama: College affordability a key priority
Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year—and making…
Obama to seek freeze on domestic spending to trim deficit
President Obama will call for a three-year freeze in spending on many domestic programs, including education, and for increases no greater than inflation after that -- an initiative…
MIT lags in hiring, promoting black, Hispanic faculty, internal report says
MIT must do a better job recruiting and retaining black and Hispanic faculty, who have a significantly more difficult time getting promoted than white and Asian colleagues, according…
Going rogue: IT officials fight student-run web networks
Campus technology officials say there's only one surefire way to stop students from creating their own wireless internet connections in dormitories and creating a security risk for computer…