Hacktivist Android Trojan designed to fight app piracy
There’s hacking, then there’s hacktivism. There’s malware, then there’s Android Trojans like the latest “threat” discovered by Symantec. Android.Walkinwat is like the Batman of mobile malware–a rogue vigilante seeking justice through means that also skirt legality, but for a good cause, PCWorld reports.
Group seeks labor eMails by Michigan professors
A conservative research group in Michigan has issued a far-reaching public records request to the labor studies departments at three public universities in the state, seeking any eMails involving the Wisconsin labor turmoil, reports the New York Times.
Virginia Tech fined $55K for response to shootings
Virginia Tech will have to pay the maximum $55,000 fine for violating federal law by waiting too long to notify students during the 2007 shooting rampage, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
Job searches require phone lessons for text-happy students
With piles of resumes and cover letters waiting to be sifted through, employers more and more weed out applicants with quick phone calls. That can mean trouble for recent college graduates with overdeveloped texting thumbs.
The misleading data and debate on class size
At a time when tight state budgets are pushing schools to increase class sizes at all levels, some of the most powerful voices in educational policymaking are telling us that size doesn’t matter, says Joanne Yatvin.
New federal rule could have worst impact on small states
Colleges with online programs might withdraw from states, mostly in the northeast, that have small populations and stringent requirements for distance education courses when the Education Department’s “state authorization” regulation kicks in July 1.
Marijuana college: Oaksterdam focuses on higher education
On the second floor of the downtown campus, a motley group of students listens to a lecture entitled “Palliative and Curative Relief Through a Safe and Effective Herbal Medicine.” Not the sexiest of topics on the face of it, but there’s a catch: this is Oaksterdam University and the medicine being discussed is marijuana, TIME reports.
Group criticizes mock Iowa school shooting drill
An anti-illegal immigration group in Iowa is criticizing a mock school shooting training drill that includes a fake scenario involving a teen who vents his anger over illegal immigration by using violence, the Associated Press reports.
How Miami students can get a free college education
College tuition is going up and financial aid is on the chopping block in many states, but in the Miami area, one college is offering successful high school graduates a price tag that’s hard to refuse: free, reports the Christian Science Monitor.
Diplomas, and an uncertain future, for Japanese pupils
Schools here begin class in April and hold graduation ceremonies in March; like spring, they represent renewal and rebirth. On Tuesday morning, in a school meeting hall in this tsunami-ravaged seaport, it became something else: an act of defiance, reports the New York Times.