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Friday, May 29th, 2009College Radio Station Says Goodbye to the Airwaves
DJ’s at Augustana College’s student-run radio station won’t be spinning over the airwaves much longer.
The college announced this week it will move its station, KAUR 89.1 FM, to an online-only format. KAUR, which now reaches listeners up to 60 miles away from its station in Sioux Falls, S.D., [...]
College Sues Pornography Web Site Over Name
Friday, May 29th, 2009College Sues Pornography Web Site Over Name
Don’t confuse the college with the pornography Web site.
National American University, which has 16 campuses across the United States and also offers online courses, is claiming that the operators of pornography sites named Fast Times at NAU and Naughty American University have been illegally using that name and the [...]
Copyright-Law Curricula Face Each Other in a Duel
Friday, May 29th, 2009Copyright-Law Curricula Face Each Other in a Duel
Just a few months after the Recording Industry Association of America began offering a curriculum for teaching copyright law, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a curriculum of its own.
The foundation’s program, “Teaching Copyright,” includes a Web site and five 60-minute lessons that the foundation hopes will give [...]
Rocky Start for Colorado State U.’s Online-Education Start-Up
Friday, May 29th, 2009Rocky Start for Colorado State U.’s Online-Education Start-Up
Colorado State University’s new Global Campus online-education venture laid off more than 25 percent of its operation in recent months as the start-up failed to bring in money at the pace officials had expected, according to the program’s leader.
The reduction of staff and faculty members took place over [...]
Twitter Shuts Down Account Impersonating President of U. of Texas at Austin
Friday, May 29th, 2009Twitter Shuts Down Account Impersonating President of U. of Texas at Austin
Last week Twitter removed an account claiming to be written by the president of the University of Texas at Austin, William C. Powers Jr., which had actually been written by editors of Texas Travesty, a student-run humor magazine at the university.
“I think it’s game [...]
A Search Engine Could Help Colleges Earn Money
Friday, May 29th, 2009A Search Engine Could Help Colleges Earn Money
As gifts to colleges are beginning to dwindle every penny that can be collected counts.
That’s the belief behind GoodSearch and its sister site, GoodShop, founded by real-life siblings JJ and Ken Ramberg. The sites, powered by Yahoo, will donate money to nonprofit organizations, including colleges, sororities, schools, sports [...]
Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as ‘Cruel’
Friday, May 29th, 2009Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as ‘Cruel’
Union leaders, department heads, and faculty members at Temple University are calling the way the administration handled the firing of several staff members on Wednesday “simply cruel.”
The university announced on Monday of last week that it was moving forward with plans to restructure its [...]
Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as ‘Cruel’
Friday, May 29th, 2009Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as ‘Cruel’
Union leaders, department heads, and faculty members at Temple University are calling the way the administration handled the firing of several staff members on Wednesday “simply cruel.”
The university announced on Monday of last week that it was moving forward with plans to restructure its [...]
Kentucky Lender Received Millions in Excess Subsidies, Auditor Finds
Friday, May 29th, 2009Kentucky Lender Received Millions in Excess Subsidies, Auditor Finds
The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation overbilled the U.S. Department of Education for loan subsidies and should return at least $9-million, the department’s inspector general wrote in an audit report issued today.
At issue are payments the Education Department makes to lenders that hold student loans [...]
Kentucky Lender Received Millions in Excess Subsidies, Auditor Finds
Friday, May 29th, 2009Kentucky Lender Received Millions in Excess Subsidies, Auditor Finds
The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation overbilled the U.S. Department of Education for loan subsidies and should return at least $9-million, the department’s inspector general wrote in an audit report issued today.
At issue are payments the Education Department makes to lenders that hold student loans [...]