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7/16/2013

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Digital Divide: Access Is Not Enough
Access to technology is not enough to eliminate the digital divide, according to a new study from the University of Southern California. Specialized programs that provide low-income households with access to computers and the Internet must also provide ongoing and progressive training to increase participants' computer skills.
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PCs See Longest Sustained Decline in History
Year-over-year shipments of PCs fell off worldwide for the fifth consecutive quarter, the longest sustained decline in the history of personal computing. And the picture might have been even more bleak had it not been for the relative strength of the professional market.
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Texas A&M U-Central Texas Launches Center for Solar Energy
Texas A&M University-Central Texas has launched the Center for Solar Energy to evaluate, develop, and test new photovoltaic solar technologies.
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U Tennessee Prof Takes on Exascale Computing
A computer science professor from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville has just earned a million dollar grant to explore the next generation of high performance computing.
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Michigan Virtual University Provides Tools To Create Online Courses in Nigeria
A nonprofit online university in Michigan will provide the tools to faculty and students in Nigeria to create online video courses using a lecture capture platform.
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IT Spending Approaches $4 Trillion
Worldwide IT spending will reach $3.7 trillion this year, according to the latest forecast from market research firm Gartner.
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Blackboard Analytics Suite Expands Tools To Identify At Risk Students
Blackboard has announced new features in its Blackboard Analytics Suite, including analytics to identify at-risk students and to measure student success in developmental education programs.
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Apple Found Guilty of E-Book Price Fixing
A federal judge at the Southern District of New York court has found Apple guilty of violating United States antitrust laws and colluding with five book publishing companies to inflate e-book prices. The three-week trial concluded June 20, and the judge issued the ruling July 9. The tech giant plans to appeal.
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NYU-Poly Launches #STEMNow To Jumpstart Conversation about STEM Education
The Polytechnic Institute of New York University has launched #STEMNow, a campaign designed to spark a national conversation about science, technology, engineering, and math education and to highlight 16 summer programs at the school.
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Hobsons Acquires National Transcript Center from Pearson
Education technology behemoth Pearson has sold its electronic student record and transcript business, the National Transcript Center, to Hobsons, another company in the education space.
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NASA Taps X-Hab Challenge Participants
Seven teams from six universities will take part in NASA's 2014 Exploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge.
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NY College Reports Better At Risk Response with Retention Software
After a couple of years of experience, a New York college has reported back on its use of a student retention program to enhance the work of its at-risk committee and other campus student advising resources.
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