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The top 10 ways college students plagiarize
When it comes to plagiarizing, students who use the unethical shortcut seem to be all in: Copying and pasting a research paper word for word is now the most common…
‘Brogrammers,’ ‘hogrammers,’ and the gender gap in college computer courses
The rise of the brash, stylish, computer-geek-turned-cool-guy known simply as a “brogrammer” among popular technology startups threatens to further alienate women from enrolling in computer science courses, where for years…
Emergency notification in jeopardy if students tune out digital signage
If a digital sign can’t convey a message in seven seconds, the technology runs the risk of blending into the background, one expert says—and during campus emergencies, that could prove…
Without improved content, digital signage could ‘ride off into the sunset’
Smart phones and tablets shouldn’t be seen as competitors to a campus’s digital signs, but as companions, and colleges should make sure on-screen content grabs students’ attention, digital signage experts…
Digital signage adoption skyrockets in higher education
Paper flyers are out. Digital signage is in. College students have sent the message loud and clear to their campus’s IT officials: They want information broadcast onscreen – and recent…
Moodlerooms CEO: Blackboard acquisition will expand open-source movement
Lou Pugliese, CEO of Moodlerooms, said Blackboard’s purchase of his company and another firm that hosts and supports the popular open-source learning management system (LMS) Moodle should be welcome news…
March Madness online streaming taxes campus networks
If Marquette University students weren’t on spring break this week, the school’s IT officials would have faced an internet bandwidth nightmare.…
Interactive campus maps could mean big bucks for colleges
Spiking gas prices and a growing reliance on college websites could make online campus maps a premiere recruiting tool, to the tune of $60,000 per month.…
College-bound students flock to universities’ mobile websites
A surge in the percentage of recent high school graduates who use smart phones to research colleges and universities could turn campus web development on its head.…
Free textbooks coming for five intro college courses
College students in five of the most-attended courses in U.S. higher education soon will have free peer-reviewed textbooks available to them as a Rice University-based program looks to save students…