Blackboard unveils system for disbursing student aid
Some college students will be able to use their allotted financial aid by swiping a debit card instead of waiting for paper checks to come to their dorm…
campus technology
Botnets continue to threaten campus networks
Web security experts say university IT officials should stop using students’ Social Security numbers as identifications, because about 5,900 known botnets have stolen valuable information from computers in…
Can social media cure low student engagement?
Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social…
Students use iPods, iPhones to grade Obama’s address
It's the stuff that makes political pollsters salivate: 30 Abilene Christian University students used iPhones and iPod Touches to respond to President Obama's Jan. 27 State of the…
Educators intrigued by Apple’s iPad
Apple’s new tablet computer, the iPad, could push other companies to bring more color-capable eReaders to the market in a move that could make digital books more commonplace…
Can Apple’s tablet spark a textbook revolution?
Can the release of Apple's eReader tablet do for textbooks what the iPod did for music: combine an online store for purchasing books with sleek hardware that holds…
Report details coming trends in campus technology
Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational…
Going rogue: IT officials fight student-run web networks
Campus technology officials say there's only one surefire way to stop students from creating their own wireless internet connections in dormitories, thereby creating a security risk for computer…