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Aug 26, 2008, 04:20PM
Digital Textbooks Not Measuring Up
A report by a student advocacy group says that when it comes to textbooks, simply going digital isn't enough. Currently many publishers are offering digital versions of their textbooks, but they don't offer enough advantages compared to real books.
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Aug 26, 2008, 09:31AM
Prof. Double Agent?
A former Georgetown University professor who specialized in Cuba has been accused of being a spy for the Cuban government. Bet you didn't realize we still had a Cold War style conflict going on with them, did you? Luckily for the professor the accuser is a private citizen with no affiliation to the government, but it's still fun to imagine taking notes from someone engaging in high level espionage.
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Aug 25, 2008, 01:56PM
Educational Kindling
It's back to school season, and Amazon wants the Kindle to become standard equipment for the returning student. They're developing a new version of the e-reader for schools as a cost-effective replacement for textbooks.
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Aug 25, 2008, 10:03AM
Open Source Books Saving Students Money
The average American college student spends about $900 on textbooks each year. The high price is partly a result of a perfect economic storm that includes a captive market and professors on the take from publishers. The result is a 300% in the cost of textbooks over the last 20 years. But as more professors who grew up digitally literate start teaching, technological solutions like open-source textbooks are helping make education more affordable.
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Aug 22, 2008, 11:14AM
Buying College Like Cars Would Be More Rational
A new study found that 40% of families don't consider cost when deciding where to send their student to college. Considering the many thousands of dollars difference in debt between an expensive private college and a more affordable public option, it's questionable at best that more presitigous schools are worth the extra money in the long-run. Parents might not like to admit it, but if they bought education like they buy a car, their children would usually be better off.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 21, 2008, 12:12PM
Super Smash Brothers Theory, And Other Courses Worth Spending $40K A Year On
The American higher education system has done an astoundingly good job convincing parents to spend thousands of dollars on an experience that only marginally prepares their children for an adult life of making money and acquiring useful knowledge. Here are some amazing scam classes taught in the name of education.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 19, 2008, 10:05AM
Creepy Treehouse Syndrome
College professors are trying to keep up with the times, and meet their students in generationally-appropriate media, through class Facebook pages, instant messenger availability, and other social networking developments. But they're running into an old problem with all this new technology: students don't want to hang out with their professors on the Internet.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 18, 2008, 09:52AM
On Higher Ed, Congress Could Still Do More
It's taken five years longer than expected, but Congress finally reauthorized the Higher Education Act a few weeks ago. The new act makes more financial aid available and requires colleges to report on their tuition inreases, among other things. While these changes are welcome, it still doesn't change the fact that most Americans will graduate college in debt. That in itself is the biggest obstacle to education, and Congress needs to do more.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 15, 2008, 02:39PM
Marooned By Wikipedia
Two American students studying abroad with Semester at Sea were unceremoniously booted from their Mediterranean sail boat after plagariazing from Wikipedia. (Maybe they were just following John McCain's example.) Remember kids, always do original scholarly work or the harsh law of nautical justice will crush you.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 13, 2008, 10:41AM
University Supporting Free Online Textbooks
Rice University, attempting to help with the astronomical costs of textbooks, has purchased the rights to publish Collaborative Statistics and is making the book available for free online. Previously the book costs $50. Rice officials are discussing doing the same thing for other commonly used textbooks.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 12, 2008, 05:25PM
Degree.Com
An executive with Zogby polling believes Americans will eventually see no difference between online education and on-campus education. In his new book John Zogby observes that while distance education and online degrees are less prestigious now, the trend of well-respected universities moving towards online coursework shows that eventually we won't care whether you learn in a virtual environment or a real one.
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Aug 12, 2008, 09:23AM
Studying A Little Less Further Abroad
Are gas prices damaging our understanding of foreign cultures? Study abroad programs have seen a significant drop in enrollment as students face higher transportation costs and a weaker U.S. dollar abroad, especially in developed places like Europe, Japan, and Australia. However countries where the dollar is still relatively strong, like in South America, are seeing a small increase in their abroad programs.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 08, 2008, 04:10PM
Not The Second Act We Need
The Higher Education Act, orginally drafted in 1965 to break down financial barriers in higher education, was finally reauthorized last week. But in a financial environment where student loans bear a scary similarity to failed mortagage markets, Congress failed to do enough. Without more help from our goverment, college is going remain too expensive for too many.
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Aug 07, 2008, 02:31PM
We're Guessing Lars Ulrich Doesn't Care About This Kind Of Piracy
Downloading textbooks is the new downloading music. College students across the country, squeezed by rising tuition and ridiculously predatory textbook companies, are turning to the tried and true free resource of the Internet for their academic needs. With new sciencs books running in the hundreds of dollars, can you blame them?
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May 27, 2008, 01:29PM
Dysfunction Junction
A different look at the state of D.C. public schools.
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May 15, 2008, 10:01AM
Mr. Wrong
An address to the class of 2008, who have so much to offer the food services industry.
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Apr 18, 2008, 10:40AM
They're All Zombies
A recent article puts the national spotlight on “Humans vs. Zombies,” where students all but prove the lack of seriousness at liberal arts colleges.
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Apr 04, 2008, 09:36AM
Five Foot Three
Being an anonymous, hateful idiot isn't the same as campaigning for first amendment rights, no matter what the founder of Juicy Campus says.
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Apr 02, 2008, 12:55PM
Enhancement Nation
The Mitchell Report came and went as a public concern, perhaps because performance enhancement transcends sports.
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Aug 22, 2008, 02:08PM
Periodic Table Of Videos
The chemistry department at the University of Nottingham is doing their best to bring science education to the YouTube generation. They've built an online periodic table with videos explaining exactly what's cool about every single element. Like this one, for Ununoctium, that's only had three atoms observed. Ever. Also the crazy professor guy is pretty cool.