Recapping the news this week:

Riding the health-care wave, the house has approved changes in financial aid. The bill rewrites a four-decades-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need. Reported in USA Today on March 22, 2010.

A timeline of the history of student loan reform

Abilene Christian University is trying to find out if the iPhone has an impact on higher education. Report on Networkworld.com on March 23, 2010.

Wikipedia is advocating for users to add videos to its online encyclopedia, which could give academics a new forum in which to share their multimedia work.

What is the role of the university in the new century? IE the future of education. The presentation this conversation was based on from SXSW and the actual presentation in 3 parts: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3

Professor at Indiana U engages students by turning his class into a game

Jane McGonigal’s outlook on gaming and how it can make us better people! Evoke is her new social online game aimed at making us better people and solving real world problems

DOH!
Reading for meaning isn’t always safe, especially for advertisements.

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