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Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks
Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium’s NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make low-cost electronic…
Online learning platform uses ‘Hollywood Squares’ model to boost engagement
The ever-present temptations of Facebook, Twitter, eMail, instant messaging, text messages, and online shopping are no match for face-to-face-to-face-to-face interaction.…
Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model
Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based degree program.…
College cost website raises questions about Romney’s higher-ed stance
The for-profit Florida university that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports as a model for holding down college costs is one of the country’s priciest schools, according to a new…
Colleges join internet goliaths in long-awaited protocol change
June 6 was perhaps the most important day in the history of the commercial internet, and hardly anyone noticed.…
University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness
A student’s physical reaction to a classroom lesson soon could be used to judge how successful—or unsuccessful—an educator is in keeping students engaged.…
What are college students talking about on Facebook?
General confusion might be the key ingredient to an engaged crop of incoming freshmen on a college or university’s Facebook page.…
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…
Ravitch: Why college-for-everybody is a sham
The corporate reformers like to say that everyone must go to college if they want to have good jobs in the future, says education historian Diane Ravitch for the Washington…
Divided sentiments over fitting punishment for webcam spying
As the trial of former Rutgers University freshman Dharun Ravi riveted the nation earlier this year, there seemed to be a widespread consensus that his high-tech spying on his gay…