For the weeks of July 31st & August 7th 2010:

We discuss the 3 Social Media takeaways so Higher Ed Can Smell Like Old Spice.

From The Chronicle on Aug 5, 2010 – Can Things Possibly Get Any Worse for the U. of Georgia.

MIT students being question in the WikiLeaks scandal. The Chronicle reported on August 2, 2010. On August 4, 2010 MIT’s The Tech has a followup to the story with additional information that clarifies exactly how the students are or in this case are not involved.

Will the single-gender bedroom fall as the last separation of the sexes on college campuses? A trend has men and women sharing rooms on a growing number of campuses. The Sacramento Bee reviews on August 4, 2010.

More considerations around e-book readers; distractions or a new tool? USA Today checked this out on August 10, 2010

The NookStudy from Barnes & Noble was released for download on Mac or PC.

From Technology Review on Aug 10, 2010 100 Students at unnamed schools will be finally testing the tablet device Kno.

From TechCrunch on Aug 6, 2010 – Bill Gates Thinks the Web Will Soon Offer the Best College Education

A followup story we covered about UC Berkeley doing DNA analysis on students from NPR on Aug 13, 2010.

There are a growing number of programs that are designed to help the learning disabled make the transition to college. The programs have increased from 22 in 2001 to more than 250 today. The USA Today explores some of these programs on August 11, 2010

Incite on how an IT Director is handling the new illegal downloading regulations on college campuses. Audio from The Chronicle on Aug 11, 2010

Higher Ed Highlight for August

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