Social media is changing the peer-review process
The rising popularity of uncontrolled peer-to-peer networking is having an effect on the classic role of peer review for research validation, one of the core functions of academic…
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Students’ latest ‘crush’: New matchmaking web site
There's a Yale student looking for a girl who took a "glorious fall" in the rain and looked "cute" doing it. The incident is spelled out on a…
Med students’ cadaver photos under scrutiny after images show up online
Medical schools around the nation have begun re-examining their ethics codes after a string of cases in which students photographed or videotaped cadavers and posted the images on…
Professors, beware: Your nasty eMail could go viral
The prospect of an eMail bouncing to every corner of the internet has college professors measuring their words carefully after a New York University professor’s acerbic eMail to…
Site asks social networkers to rethink revelations
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind students and others that letting everyone know where you are --…
Yearbooks another casualty of the Facebook generation
For the first time since 1887, students at the University of Virginia won’t have a hardcover memento of their college years: The school founded by Thomas Jefferson has…
Can social media cure low student engagement?
Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social…