Survey: Colleges’ social media use narrows
Social media sites outside the big four -- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube -- had a tough time in higher education last year.
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‘Pinterest for education’ coming to college campuses
Perhaps the only task more daunting than rounding up the internet’s trove of free resources is organizing those blogs posts, videos, photos, and audio files into a presentable…
Ignoring Pinterest in 2012 could make colleges look ‘old and stodgy’
The social photo sharing site Pinterest, in some corners of higher education, is seen as superfluous, nonessential, and unappealing to a mass audience. A recent spike in the…
Viral video spreads Occupy message beyond college campuses
Chris Wong saw it unfold just hours before millions saw it on the internet: A police officer dousing students with pepper spray, a scene recorded with smart phones…
Penn State goes on Facebook blitz as campus scandal continues
Facebook has become ground zero for crisis management in higher education, as demonstrated by Penn State University’s (PSU) consistent communication with its 243,000 followers as the campus descended…
Google+ allows colleges to create official pages
Higher education’s social media pros aren’t sure how students are using Google+, or how many alumni have signed on to the social network. Even so, universities lured by…
Social media fuels Occupy Colleges movement
Within a week of launching Occupy Colleges, a group in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests, more than 100 U.S. campuses had offshoots of the national movement.…
For colleges, social media no longer optional
There won’t be big gains in the number of campuses using social media next year, according to two researchers who say every college and university they studied has…
Translating Twitter for campus disasters
Twitter just got even more concise: Students, faculty members, and campus administrators can tweet more efficiently with an application that ... Read more
Want to raise your GPA? Quit Facebook
Combining studying with Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging proves a bad mix for college students, while a healthy dose of old-fashioned eMail usage might help boost grade point…