Sunday, January 01, 2006

Culture Aid Lets Smaller Colleges Ask, Why Pay for Ivy League Retail?. Squeezed by competition from state and elite institutions, private liberal arts colleges are routinely offering merit aid to students. By ALAN FINDER. [NYT > Education] "The result is a college pricing system that can feel as varied, or even mysterious, as buying airplane seats, with students sometimes shopping for the best deal. University officials, defending the era of $30,000-a-year tuitions, speak of a "sticker price" and "discount price" and note that many students do not pay close to the full costs of tuition."  -- maybe the next stage is to price the label and the education credits separately -- BL 9:34:52 AM    comment

IP Australia To Legalize VCR Recording and CD Ripping. [Slashdot] 9:19:15 AM    comment

blog tech WordPress 2.0 Released. [Slashdot] 9:16:12 AM    comment

eLearning Online Physical Education Program Finds Niche - Kate McGreevy, School Reform News. While it may be a little early to say the trend is sweeping the nation, online physical education programs are gaining popularity in states from Florida to Minnesota. Jan Braaten, curriculum coordinator for physical education and health for the Minneapoli [Online Learning Update] 9:01:54 AM    comment

podcasting Teaching With Ipods? Of Course - ROBERT A. FRAHM, Hartford Courant. As students stroll across the University of Connecticut campus wearing earphones plugged into their iPods, not everyone is listening to the latest rock music. Some are tuning in to Professor David B. Miller. The veteran educator, who once thought about be [Online Learning Update] 9:00:24 AM    comment

violent Fighting Android Sparring Partner. [Slashdot] 8:59:16 AM    comment

privacy China Declares War on Internet Pornography. [Slashdot] china has 100 million internet users (#2) to "protect" from the "detrimental" uses of communication technologies. 8:56:01 AM    comment