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Why most universities have such lousy web sites

Kolowich, S. (2010) No laughing matter Inside Higher Education, August 4

In case, like me, you missed this gem during the holidays, it is well worth looking up. Randall Munroe did a cartoon on his popular Web comic xkcd. The cartoon shows a Venn diagram with two overlapping circles — one labeled “Things On [...]

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You Do Google Your Institution, right?

We web folks are tasked with keeping track of our institution’s presence on many, many platforms across the web. News alerts, blog mentions, press mentions, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Ping*, Diaspora, and so on and so on. I was reminded today that there’s one place I often forget to check. Google. Yes, good ol’ Google. [...]
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Thursday is TechDay: “What’s cloud computing anyway?”

 If you love new technology, you probably also love learning new technology terms. If you don’t love technology, then the vocabulary of technological innovation can be a barrier to understanding what are often simple concepts. For those of you who were afraid to ask, “What’s cloud computing anyway?” Today is your lucky [...]
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Boycotts and Associations

by Bill Tierney I have been vice president of Division J of AERA, and most recently a member-at-large.  In between those stints, I was president of ASHE. During my first term on the AERA Council the citizens of California passed Proposition187.  I was one of the more outspoken voices on the Council that we should [...]
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ASME-ITI Issues Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-Made Hazards to Higher Education Institutions

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and ASME-Innovative Technologies Institute, LLC (ASME-ITI) have announced the new ASME-ITI Higher Education Risk Standard. “A Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-Made Hazards to Higher Education Institutions”...
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SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Advancement Selected by Solano Community College

Solano Community College, part of the California community college system, will implement SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Advancement and integrate it with iModules’ Encompass to help improve communication and connections with alumni.
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Community and the purpose of education, part I

by Randy Clemens The teachers’ lounge is an interesting place to listen. Depending on the assortment of individuals, conversation topics range from (very) personal to (sort of) professional. As a teacher around this time of the year–when instructors are bombarded with new policies and directives from administrators–I often heard colleagues ask, “How much should schools do?” [...]
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United States College Graduation Rate Disaster – Research Report Released 8/30/10 Exposes College Graduation Rates As Low As 1%

As students head back to campus nationwide, an explosive new expose of college graduation rates across the United States has uncovered four year graduation rates as low as 1% at some on the nation’s largest colleges and universities. State by state college graduation rate “Hall of Shame” published at GradRate.com.
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Antioch University New England Adopts Cutting-Edge, Comprehensive Responsible Purchasing Policy

Antioch University New England (AUNE) has adopted a groundbreaking responsible purchasing policy (RPP) to guide its procurement of goods and services. Unlike typical RPPs, which focus primarily on environmental standards, AUNE’s policy also emphasizes social justice criteria relative to accessibility...
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U.S. Worst Colleges have Over 90% Drop Out Rate

The Washington Monthly has published its 2010 rankings of the 4-year public and private not-for-profit colleges in America with the worst graduation rates.  They have published a full story entitled, "College Dropout Factories".

According to the publication, the graduation rates of some colleges are astoundingly low: