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Over the course of three months in 2025, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle E-Business Suite to exfiltrate Social Security numbers, birth dates and bank information for millions of students and staff. -
A federal court ruled in favor of 22 attorneys general that lab maintenance, utilities and administrative staff are legitimate expenses for federal funding earmarked for university research.
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Carnegie Mellon University is training a cohort of educators in Beaver County, Pa., with a background in AI who will be able to spur conversations about the technology and what it might look like in individual districts.
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The partnership is part of the company’s commitment to invest in educational research after the state agreed to give Tesla a tax incentive if it chose Nevada as the site for its large-scale battery factory.
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With advances in technology and changes in the demographics of people attending university, the campus experience is evolving.
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Four officials from local colleges note that consulting the website should only be one piece of the college search process.
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When the cyber attacks began last year, one professor noticed his students' dependence on course materials being accessible online at any time -- so this semester, he issued a directive that students download all material to personal devices.
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Avoiding a confirmation fight with Congress, Obama tapped John B. King Jr. to serve as acting secretary until the end of his presidency.
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The announcement came as a surprise to many, as Duncan implied just days ago that he would stay until the Obama administration ends.
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A new study used an “engagement index tracker” to analyze how much was read, how often students interacted with the text, how often they used the textbook, the time spent reading and the number of highlights.
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Indiana University professors' use of e-books means students always have their books for class -- and saves them money.
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E-reader sales are on the decline, with more people succumbing to the convenience of reading books on their phones. But a recent survey showed that 92 of university students believed they could concentrate best when reading in print.
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Peidong Yang and Christopher Ré receive the 'Genius Grants' bestowed by the MacArthur Fellowship Program, which are meant to give each recipient the freedom to pursue their passions with no strings attached.
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The program will train drone technicians and pilots, and it will focus on agricultural applications of UAV technology.
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A comprehensive student success initiative is helping the university raise graduation rates.
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For the first time ever, the public can see the graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients at over 1,000 schools.
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Slideshows, when designed right, can be a useful part of online instruction. But they shouldn’t be the main, or the only, method of instruction.
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Hundreds of community colleges and other two-year schools are excluded from the scorecard because they award more certificates than degrees.
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Students are creating "multiple personalities" to cheat on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). How do they do it, and what are its implications?
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A number of organizations are banding together to address broadband network quality in rural and tribal libraries.
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The funding will go toward programs that focus on aiding students in danger of falling behind in class work.
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