Past Coverage

• Blackboard Inc. Is Awarded Payment From Competitor in Patent Case - February 25, 2008
• Blackboard Says New Tool Will Synchronize With Competitor - July 15, 2008
• Blackboard Pledges to Ease Enforcement of Controversial Patent - February 9, 2007
• Colleges Fear Effect of Patent on Software for Learning - October 13, 2006
• Blackboard Sues Rival Over Alleged Patent Infringement - August 11, 2006

Commentary

• Cases in Point: Intellectual-Property Agreements: Are You Managing Your Rights?

  In view of recent federal-court decisions, three lawyers urge colleges to carefully review two common methods of licensing the inventions of their faculty members.

• The City Where Diploma Dreams Go to Die

  Systemic high-school performance failure has elicited much hand-wringing. But there should be equal anguish, writes Kevin Carey, over breakdowns at the college level.

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  Why Liberal Arts Need Career Services

  Creative teaching and cooperation can bridge the gap between the two fields, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

Campus Viewpoint

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If any one year can be said to be a transformative time in the life of a university, then the past 12 months have been such a year for Hofstra. Hofstra learned it would host the third and final 2008 presidential debate, announced plans for a...