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Pulling for Better E-Textbook Prices
Universities have started banding together to negotiate favorable contracts with software vendors. With new effort, a group of them aims to exercise similar leverage with publishers on behalf of students.
Venture Fund for Traditional Colleges
New $100 million investment aims to fuel innovation by nonprofit higher ed; first projects focus on Hispanic students and online education in Europe.
Cracking Up the LMS
Two young companies try to elbow their way into the learning-management market, while another looks to subvert it from the outside.
Listing Toward Order
Despite data collection bugs, U.S. News & World Report publishes the first online iteration of its controversial college rankings.
The Promotion That Matters
Language and literature scholars have embraced technology in their research, but can they win tenure on it?
Pumping the E-Brakes
Daytona State reins in a plan to push students and faculty toward electronic textbooks.
Advancing the Open Front
MIT's new open course initiative may shake the foundations of the higher ed credentialing system.
Academic Libraries in Flux
Latest Education Department data show steady overall spending, a boom in e-books and rising costs of electronic journal subscriptions.