By Teresa Valerio Parrot. On Tuesday, Pew Research Center released a report that stated, “clear majorities of Twitter (63%) and Facebook users (63%) now say each platform serves as a source for news about events and issues outside the realm of friends and family.” This means that with the ability to like and follow based on personal interests and passions, we are narrowing our sources of news and allowing ourselves to align even more closely with those who think like we do. And neither is a good thing. More...

By Paul Redfern. We’ve devoted years of conference chatter to integrating digital into our traditional communications environments. But is it time to turn the tables and let digital take the lead. More...

La Région Poitou-Charentes a lancé un appel à projets afin de sélectionner les organismes qui seront retenus sur le territoire régional pour mettre en oeuvre une prestation d'accompagnement dans la procédure de Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (VAE) pour les titres professionnels du Ministère chargé de l'Emploi.
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The board and then members of the American Psychological Association are expected to approve a ban on psychologists participating in any way in national security interrogations, The New York Times reported. Read more...

A federal judge has directed officials at Chicago State University not to interfere with the operations of a faculty blog that has been highly critical of the administration. Read more...

A federal appeals court on Thursday partially overturned a lower court's dismissal of an adjunct professor's lawsuit accusing Moraine Valley Community College of discriminating against him on the basis of disability. Read more...

Ohio State University's marching band, widely considered one of the best in the country, had a parody song in its songbook that mocked Holocaust victims, The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more...

Many observers of Christian higher education have been wondering how the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities would respond to the move last week by two of its members -- Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College -- to change their employment policies to permit the hiring of faculty members in same-sex marriages. Read more...