Past Coverage

• Pricing Shifts by Blackboard and WebCT Cost Some Colleges Much More - April 19, 2002
• Study of Wisconsin Professors Finds Drawbacks to Course-Management Systems - July 4, 2003
• Course Management: Colleges Push for an Open Approach - January 30, 2004
• At One University, Blackboard Gets a 'B' - July 14, 2006
• Blackboard Says New Tool Will Synchronize With Competitor - July 15, 2008

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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