Episode 5 – Oops we lost your data

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For the week of March 27th, 2010:

3.3 million students have their loan and personal information stolen. Reported on ABCNews.com on March 26, 2010. Here is a link to the company’s website with more information if you believe you are one of the people effected.

From NewYorkTimes.com on March 30, 2010 Debt for many states is growing too big to camouflage.

iPads for everyone! Wired Campus of The Chronicle on March 30, 2010.

Is this a word of caution about e-textbooks? A study done at Arizona State University looks into print versus electronic (with a very small sample size). Published in The Chronicle on March 26, 2010.

Schools working hard to make first generation students successful. USAToday.com took a look on 3/30/10

A great article in the March edition of Inc magazine discussing some great startups from college students.

Evolve or Die OR Adapt or Decline from Inside Higher Ed on March 26, 2010.

School breaks with years of traditions and plays the national anthem before a baseball game from New York Times on March 25, 2010.

DOH!
Around 5,000 students submitted an outdated FAFSA form due to a website error. “Some 2010-2011 applicants attempting to access the FAFSA using an unsupported browser were misdirected to the 2009-2010 form after receiving a warning message indicating that their browser was not supported,”

Site of the Week: Scribd.com Documents from Scribd can be sent to any eDevice

We’d also like to thank Dan Dillon from Perceptive Software for speaking with us at this years Datatel Users Group Conference.

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  1. [...] Comments 0 I want to let you know about a great weekly podcast dedicated to news and events in the world of higher education. It's called Higher Ed Review. Every week Nicole Pitts, Joe Fisher and Jay Leach discuss content from around the web that impacts us all in higher ed. I was very happy and humbled to be interviewed by Nicole for Episode 5, "Oops we lost your data". [...]

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