By Lindsay McKenzie. Many campus investments in information technology aren't necessarily paying off, according to the National Survey of Computing, eLearning and Information Technology. The survey of IT leaders, conducted by the Campus Computing Project, found that many see only modest benefits from IT investments, and generally low satisfaction with many IT services on campus. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. American universities and colleges warned to heed European data-protection rules -- or face millions of dollars in fines. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Hundreds of colleges are signing on to publishers’ programs, with apparent savings to students. Some applaud the movement, while others are skeptical. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Cheap devices, known as keyloggers, are being used by students to steal professors’ passwords on campus and to change grades. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. The platform, called ScholarlyHub, will be member-run, but first its team must raise 500,000 euros ($579,705) to build it. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Oregon State University Ecampus has created a database compiling research on the efficacy of online learning.
The Online Learning Efficacy Research Database, which launched this week, is a searchable resource of academic studies that was created in response to skepticism about online education. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. The scholarly social media platform ResearchGate has reportedly started to take down large numbers of research papers shared in breach of copyright. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is offering some students the option to be awarded tamper-free digital degree certificates when they graduate, in partnership with Learning Machine. Selected students can now choose to download a digital version of their degree certificate to their smartphones when they graduate, in addition to receiving a paper diploma. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Scholars feel pressure to remove their work from research-sharing platforms like Academia.edu and others, as publishers’ battle with ResearchGate rages on. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. The small study, published by the Stanford History Education Group on the Social Science Research Network, pitted Ph.D.-level historians against undergraduate students and professional fact-checkers. It found that many students, and some historians, were easily deceived by unreliable sources online. More...