ED sticks by controversial rule; online college officials concerned
The Education Department (ED) said in a March 17 letter that it would not rescind a controversial new rule requiring online schools that operate nationwide to register with every state in which they have students.
FTC, White House urge internet privacy measures
Top federal officials pushed forward March 16 on efforts to establish mandates for internet privacy, the Washington Post reports.
Baidu’s online library accused of piracy by Chinese authors
An online library operated by Chinese search engine giant Baidu is drawing criticism that its becoming the next online hotbed for pirated works, IDG News reports.
Google Docs does the wave
Do you miss Google Wave? Judging by the adoption rate of that ill-fated service, probably not, reports the Washington Post.
How to find the ‘real’ price of college
Scouring the web for college tuition estimates may no longer give students and their parents an acute case of sticker shock.
Claim: Google Apps for Education inaccessible to blind students
An advocacy group has filed a complaint with the federal government accusing New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University of discriminating against the blind by adopting Google’s eMail program.
AT&T puts broadband users on monthly allowance
AT&T broadband users will soon face a cap on the amount of internet data they can download a month, Wired reports.
Feeling down? Update your Facebook status, students say
Cornell University students who spent a few minutes on Facebook updating their profile pages reported self-esteem boosts, according to one of the first published studies to show social media’s psychological benefit.
It came from their lab. But how to take it to the bank?
There are a lot of smart people in universities. Some may even be geniuses. Many of them are certainly good at inventing technologies that will change our lives, the New York Times reports.
Thousands gather for Ind. Statehouse union rally
Union workers, teachers, lawmakers and labor organizers said at a huge Statehouse rally Thursday that Indiana Republicans and GOP leaders nationwide have gone too far in pushing an agenda opponents consider an attack on public education and labor unions, the Associated Press reports.