By Barbara Fister. Now that our ISPs can spy on us just like Google and Facebook, it's time to invest a few minutes in making privacy a habit. Read more...
What Kind of Free Is Speech Online?
By Barbara Fister. A Pew Research has just published a fascinating in-depth report titled “The Future of Free Speech Online.” (The PDF version of the study is 75 pages – there’s a lot to it.) Read more...
Putting the Person Back in Personalization
By Barbara Fister. As I read the paper (on paper!) on Sunday, I learned The New York Times has plans to make their online site more personalized. Read more...
Finding a Niche in a Niche Market
By Carl Straumsheim. Despite the buzz, competency-based education remains a challenging market for software vendors. More...
Study on College Network Challenges
By Carl Straumsheim. Internet speeds at colleges have nearly tripled since 2012 as IT departments have fought to keep up with students bringing new internet-connected devices to campus, streaming music and video, and gaming online, a new study found. More...
Gates Foundation Unveils Open-Access Platform
By Carl Straumsheim. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday unveiled Gates Open Research, an open-access publishing platform designed exclusively for the foundation's grant recipients. More...
'The Fight of Our Generation'
By Carl Straumsheim. Librarians are gearing up for a “marathon” effort to preserve federal funding for libraries, research, the arts and the humanities. More...
Coursera Plans Expansion in Online Degrees
By Carl Straumsheim. Online education platform Coursera has set a goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programs by the end of 2019. The company took another step toward that goal Wednesday, announcing new degree offerings from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and France’s HEC Paris. More...
Handshake Deal
By Carl Straumsheim. The rapid growth of Handshake, a career-services platform, is also raising questions about whether some students' grades are made visible to employers without permission. More...
Higher Ed Groups Launch Open-Access Initiative
By Carl Straumsheim. The Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of American University Presses will later this spring launch a joint initiative to support open-access monograph publishing. More...