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Sharing Your Notes Online -- and Getting Paid for It

A new Web site brings social networking and ad revenues to the traditional note-taking service, but the model could raise copyright issues.

When IM Is the Best Way to Stay on Top

At Ivy Tech Community College, a system serving more than 115,000 students on 23 campuses, faculty members embrace instant messaging to maintain contact with their students.

Next Steps for E-Texts

With slew of new announcements and partnerships, some publishers, colleges and even bookstores seem poised to offer e-textbooks as a serious alternative for students.

Continued Growth for 2 Distance Ed Models

A multi-college consortium broadens availability of online courses, while an institution founded by 19 Western governors exceeds expectations (belatedly).

Post-Microsoft, Libraries Mull Digitization

After software giant announces end to book-scanning program, partner institutions consider the landscape, now dominated by Google and nonprofit efforts.

Abandoning Print, Not Peer Review

Editor of journal with traditional publishing model joins forces with Indiana U. library to start free online alternative, replicating quality control and seeing surge in readers.

It's a Mac! It's a PC! It's ... Both?

Campus computer labs have always been overwhelmingly PC -- that is, full of Intel-Inside, IBM-compatible personal computers. Ever since iPods...

Saving Money (and Going Green) by Going Virtual

Colleges are starting to embrace "server virtualization," a strategy that runs multiple systems on a single physical machine, saving money and energy.