Past Coverage

• Video: A Family Man Dabbles in Ivy-League Learning - October 11, 2009
• A New Outlet for Open Courseware - November 16, 2005
• Yale U. Plans to Offer Free Online Videos of Some Courses - September 29, 2006
• Countries Offer Different Takes to Open Online Learning - October 11, 2009
• Professor Uses Web 'Widgets' to Share Course Content - September 11, 2008

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

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...