Past Coverage

• Universities Begin Creating a Free, 'Open Source' Course-Management System - May 4, 2001
• Mixing and Matching Distance-Education Software - May 24, 2002
• Course Management: Colleges Push for an Open Approach - January 30, 2004
• As Online Education Surges, Some Colleges Remain Untouched - February 23, 2001
• Navy Redesigns Course-Writing Software to Enhance Online Education - February 1, 2002

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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The University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805 on what would become the heart of the campus, the Horseshoe. The 11 buildings that now make up the Horseshoe frame a...