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The Cost vs. Quality Conundrum: Top Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2013

Sean Devine | Posted 02.20.2013 | Home
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Sean Devine

Technology has transformed a variety of industries over the past decade, from ecommerce to entertainment. One could argue that 2012 was the year that technology accelerated its march to transforming education as well.

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Must We Really Like "Like"? (A Repeat Request)

John Brown | Posted 07.01.2012 | Media
Read More: Vocal Words, Women, Blackboard, Ike, Verbal Virus, Whatever, Propaganda, Linguistic Malady, Democracy, American Language, Capitalism, God, Mass Media, Public Diplomacy, Media News
John Brown

"Like" is a verbal virus that, especially in the case of American female vocal cords, so often sounds like nails on a blackboard -- an acoustic atrocity that I simply do not wish to overhear, as a citizen-taxpayer of the male gender and grateful member of our Republic.

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Nate C. Hindman

New Breed Of Student Entrepreneurs Want To Do Good From The Start

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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NEW YORK -- Some of the world's most business-savvy college students flocked to Wall Street last Saturday to pitch startups they dreamt up in their co...

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An Open Letter to Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Jim Wallis

Before, I thought you were just another cable news talk show host. Now, you are using the language of a spiritual and even a religious leader. But to invoke the name of God and the vocation of a spiritual leader has consequences.

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9-year-old Hacks His School's Computer System

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Police say a 9-year-old McLean boy hacked into the Blackboard Learning System used by the county school system to change teachers' and staff members' ...

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This Isn't About Wallis vs. Beck -- It's About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Jim Wallis

While I have agreed that the cause of social justice has sometimes been politicized for ideological purposes by both Left and Right, I continue to defend the term itself as biblical.

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In Class, Facebook Replaces Blackboard

The Oracle | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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What may be used for entertainment during one student's spare time is a learning tool for another. USF graduate student Alessandro Cesarano uses ...

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