Past Coverage

• Universities Begin Creating a Free, 'Open Source' Course-Management System - May 4, 2001
• Blackboard Customers Consider Alternatives - September 12, 2008
• Blackboard Says New Tool Will Synchronize With Competitor - July 15, 2008
• Getting Together at Educause - October 9, 2006
• Open-Source Software Fosters Integration and Stability - August 1, 2003

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 career planning are not mutually exclusive, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

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