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Dennis has covered higher education technology since April 2008, having interviewed some of the most recognized IT pros in U.S. colleges and universities. He is always updating eCampus News with the latest in pressing ed-tech issues, such as the growing i

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Lawmakers to colleges: No more social media prying - April 25, 2013
Number of college applications affected by social media triples - October 9, 2012
Gates Foundation supports college readiness apps - September 28, 2012

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CampusSplash aims to ‘close the information gap’ in college counseling

November 5, 2013August 11, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

High school students won’t need the best college counseling money can buy when all their questions are answered for free online. At least, that’s the hope of officials…

District Management

Ed-tech leaders push closed captioning, compliance monitoring

March 15, 2012August 3, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Teaming up with companies that provide transcribers or software that scans recorded lectures and provides transcription, colleges and universities are increasingly looking for new, inexpensive ways to eliminate…

District Management

Digital signage adoption skyrockets in higher education

November 5, 2013July 27, 2011 by Denny Carter

Paper flyers are out. Digital signage is in. College students have sent the message loud and clear to their campus IT officials: They want information broadcast on-screen—and recent…

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New Blackboard notifications: Customizable, quick, and mobile

July 27, 2011July 27, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students already inundated with eMails and texts to their smart phones now can decide when they get campus messages blasted out to the student body using Blackboard Inc.’s…

District Management

20 most Googled colleges: Analytics skills or pure luck?

July 15, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Why is a two-year college in Georgia among the country’s most Googled campuses? It could be happy coincidence, web search experts say.

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Campus survives the ‘iPad jitters’

June 30, 2011June 30, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Putting Apple iPads in the hands of every student and professor on a PC-based campus required some convincing, but a year later, Seton Hill University officials said the…

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‘Bad Teacher’ movie boasts bad taste

June 27, 2011 by Denny Carter

The timing of such an ill-advised commercial couldn't be worse for teachers, as educators across the United States are under attack from politicians and the media, reports The…

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Gender bias fought at Egalia Preschool in Stockholm, Sweden

June 27, 2011 by Denny Carter

At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys, reports the Associated Press.

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Education secretary tells Congress: Change No Child Left Behind – or I will

June 27, 2011 by Denny Carter

The Obama administration is raising the stakes for Congress to act on reforming No Child Left Behind, The Christian Science Monitor reports.

Why women have an advantage in technology

November 5, 2013June 24, 2011 by Denny Carter

Audrey MacLean describes herself as an accidental technologist, an accidental entrepreneur, and an accidental investor. But at the age of eight, she made at least one plan: She…

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Wal-Mart’s motives for giving $25 million to students draw criticism

June 24, 2011 by Denny Carter

Wal-Mart Stores Inc and its foundation said on Thursday that it had committed $25 million to help provide food, education and jobs for children during school summer break,…

Navy plans to invest over $100 million in STEM education

July 14, 2011June 24, 2011 by Denny Carter

A United States Navy official recently announced a plan to improve its focus on America's science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM) over the five years, The Huffington…

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Technology keeps kids tethered to their parents longer than previous generations

June 23, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The big deadline for high school seniors to choose a college has passed, and parents’ thoughts are turning toward the joy of less laundry or the agony of…

District Management

International college news network in the works

May 11, 2012June 22, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students on thousands of campuses worldwide will use a Canadian university’s ultra-high-speed internet connection to share student-made video news segments in real time, avoiding the barriers and technical…

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Lecture capture used to proctor exams in higher education

November 5, 2013June 21, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Valerie DeVoss knows what test cheating sounds like: Tapping on a smart phone, the rustling of unseen papers, and barely audible whispering – all tipoffs that can be…

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Should professors be forced to post syllabi online?

June 21, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Requiring professors to make their syllabi publicly available on the web could draw a backlash from educators who see the document as their intellectual property, while universities and…

District Management

Student loans eyed by budgeteers

June 6, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The White House and key lawmakers are considering reductions in student loan subsidies, farm payments, and support for federal workers’ pensions as they search for cuts that can…

District Management

Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?

June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 by Denny Carter

Some of the country’s largest online education programs will have to comply with federal regulations far less stringent than once thought after the U.S. Education Department (ED) unveiled…

District Management

New textbook exchange site helps students ‘defy’ publishers

June 2, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

After a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a business degree, Derek Haake estimates his total textbook costs at around $20,000 — and now he’s hitting back at…

District Management

Online students connect off line with ‘geosocial’ networking

June 2, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Because an online college student might want to meet a classmate the old-fashioned way – face to face – Arizona State University (ASU) has a social networking platform…

eClassroom News

Short-throw projectors going ‘extreme’ in education

November 5, 2013May 31, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A new generation of short-throw projectors, called “ultra short throw” or “extreme short throw,” can create images up to 80 inches diagonally across, sitting only two feet or…

District Management

As online education rules loom, a call for cooperation between states

May 25, 2011May 25, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Members of an influential online-learning task force said states should create uniform standards for online colleges and universities, making it easier for institutions to comply with a federal…

District Management

Recorded lectures take on new risk as blogger ‘goes after teachers’

May 19, 2011 by Denny Carter

Controversial blogger Andrew Breitbart might make college professors squeamish about recording their lectures.

District Management

Educators question RateMyProfessor annual college rankings

May 4, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Can 10 million college students be wrong? The popular site RateMyProfessor released its 2010-11 rankings April 26 – naming the top university and professors – as many in…

District Management

How online education could stop the higher-ed bubble from bursting

November 5, 2013May 3, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Low-cost online courses could help higher education from becoming the next economic bubble that bursts and inflicts fiscal pain on institutions, investors, and students, said educational technology experts…

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App maker: Don’t just play on your smartphone–study, too

November 5, 2013May 2, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

When Ashish Rangnekar wasn’t studying for his business school entrance exam, he played games, perused websites, and checked eMail on his iPhone. Now he – and 75,000 other…

District Management

Campuses not meeting demand for hybrid classes

April 26, 2011 by Denny Carter

College students enrolled in entirely-online courses might prefer more face-to-face learning, according to a survey that says higher education is in need of more “hybrid” courses.

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Universities told not to edit their Wikipedia entries

April 22, 2011April 22, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Campus communications officials shouldn’t aggressively monitor and change their university’s Wikipedia page unless the entry has been “vandalized” by another editor, a Wikipedia spokeswoman said during a recent…

District Management

Google tablets expected to challenge iPad

November 5, 2013April 20, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Apple’s iPad will maintain tablet supremacy for the next four years, but higher education soon could see an influx of tablets that operate with Google’s operating system (OS)…

District Management

Will GOP scrutiny change the way professors use eMail?

November 5, 2013April 15, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Professors and researchers might shy away from using their university-issued eMail accounts to discuss thorny political issues, turning instead to personal eMail, after a University of Wisconsin (UW)…

District Management

For-profit regulations, Pell Grants survive budget compromise

April 11, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Washington’s last-minute budget deal did not include a provision that would have killed a stringent for-profit college regulation, and Pell Grants remained intact despite deep cuts in education…

District Management

Student pushes back against college gossip site

March 30, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Hurling online insults is easy when you’re anonymous. Putting a name to that invective changes everything—and that’s what University of Southern California freshman Haley Winters is banking on.

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New online-learning rule could have worst impact on small states

March 28, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

District Management

ED sticks by controversial rule; online college officials concerned

March 21, 2011March 19, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

District Management

How to handle campus crises in the digital age

March 15, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Pepperdine University President Andrew Benton told higher-education officials March 7 in Washington, D.C. that they should be wary of contact with journalists covering campus emergencies such as fires…

District Management

Fed rule could have ‘major chilling effect’ on online instruction

March 11, 2011March 11, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Colleges that offer online instruction nationwide would have to get approval from every state in which they operate, or those online courses could be shut down, after the…

District Management

Students learn the ethics of cell phone snapshots

March 9, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

A new cell phone photography class at a suburban Philadelphia university focuses on both the quality of the images and the ethical responsibilities that come with taking and…

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