Roughly two dozen college athletic departments are using a software program that tracks the Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace pages of athletes for inappropriate posts.
Speakers at a recent education technology industry summit had a key piece of advice for the company executives who make and sell products for schools: Go mobile.
Providing peace of mind to faculty, staff, students and their parents is a key initiative for any academic institution. Rapid, mass notification during a crisis on campus is…
Say hello to a new, simpler era of human-computer interaction, CNN reports—this time, with no clunky hardware standing between you and digital information.
A new program being spearheaded by Microsoft Corp. is designed to provide a trusted way for researchers to report stolen credit card numbers and other data they've found…
Under enormous pressure to reform, the nation's public schools are spending millions of dollars each year on devices that technology companies promise can raise student performance.
The nation's colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish…
you talk to a college admissions officer or a high school guidance counselor about things prospective students should do when visiting a college campus, one of the first…
Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed internet connections, wading into a bitter policy dispute that has important implications for schools and colleges.
The U.S. Supreme Court had a message June 17 for workers with cell phones and other devices provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you’ve…
Technology funding in higher education will remain flat or decrease for the “foreseeable future,” according to an annual education technology report released June 10, as campus IT officials…
The FCC is seeking to auction off a block of wireless broadband spectrum to the private sector, but public safety officials say the additional space on the public…
According to an internal report, the federal agency in charge of securing the government’s computer systems is unable to monitor the networks or analyze threats in real time,…
In a move that comes 14 years too late to save the three University of Alabama-Huntsville faculty members who were gunned down in February, Amy Bishop, the biology…
Traditional best-friend bonds might be suffering at the hands of school officials intent on discouraging anything that hints of exclusivity in an era when cliques can lead to…
Technology is changing the face of education. Typing on a keyboard can make learning proper handwriting unimportant. Using a calculator can make simple math functions technology-assisted processes. And…
Researchers are creating applications that could take reading to a whole new level, with tools such as Text 2.0—which personalizes the user's experience by tracking eye movements.
Digital marketing guru Karine Joly told a group of college technology officials that it’s time for them to stop relying on gut instincts when devising ways to increase…
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