Information Technology
Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart
Teaching with Twitter means students are more involved. And that can take classes in risky directions, writes Jeffrey R. Young in College 2.0.
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The Puzzle of Boys
Scholars and others debate what little boys are made of, and made into, as they grow up in America. Thomas Bartlett reports.
- Herf's Misuse of History
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The People's Postal Service
In a Washington Minute
Episode 33: A Partisan Divide on Student Loans: Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging colleges to plan for the end of bank-based student lending, but Republicans want to renew a program that aids the bank-based system.
Episode 32: Senate Seeks Own Mark on Student-Loan Bill: When the Senate introduces legislation to overhaul student loans, its bill will look similar to the version that made it through the House. But there could be a few significant tweaks.
First Person
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Life at the Center
For an assistant professor at a liberal-arts college, a research fellowship has been a way to get reacquainted with his profession.
- Sorry I'm Late
- Old Books, Old Stories
Short Subjects
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Incendiary Videos, Knucklehead Students
If you knew what Ed Comeau knows about students and fireplay, you'd be very afraid.
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Mom's the President, and I'm Outta Here
Chronicle Blogs
In the News
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Sallie Mae Fights for Student-Loan Role in a Campaign That's All About Jobs
Sallie Mae has organized a campaign among its thousands of employees to save the bank-based student-loan system -- and, the company says, many of their jobs.
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How a Hacker Attack Could Alter the Climate Debate
Skeptics of global warming say stolen e-mail messages reveal bias among climate-change scientists, while the scientists say their remarks are being distorted.
- Audio: In a Washington Minute -- A Partisan Divide on Student Loans
- Lumina Makes Grants to 7 States to Raise Productivity in Higher Education
- Obama Touts TV and Video Games as Teachers of Math and Science Skills
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Libraries Explore Big Ideas to Overcome Small Budgets
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No-Confidence Vote at Cal State Stems Partly From Chronicle Essay
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Small University Accuses Stanford of Cribbing Idea for New Artificial Knee
- Nebraska Regents, Just Barely, Endorse Research on Embryonic Stem Cells
- Lincoln U. Requires Its Students to Step on the Scale
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The Ticker
- U. of North Texas Students Vote Against Same-Sex Homecoming Court
- Ad in Body-Builder Magazine Scuttles U. of Florida Patent
- Canada Can Open a Door to Foreign Students That New U.S. Law Shuts, Report Says
- Johnny Appleseed of Labs Brings U.S. Gear to Universities in Developing World
- Game Over: Northeastern U. Spikes Its Football Program
Wired Campus
- The Computer Stole My Homework -- and Sold It Through an Essay Mill
- Hackers Strike Climate-Research Center, Hoping to Change the Debate
- New Group Encourages Colleges to Start Programs in 'Web Science'
Campus Viewpoint
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Off Beat
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The Chronicle Review
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