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Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?
At Virginia and elsewhere, would-be reformers cite technology as forcing higher education to change. But that's often an excuse for politically motivated decisions, writes Johann Neem.
Mending Fences
University press directors bemoan ruling in Georgia State copyright case, discuss how to make up with librarians and curb unlicensed copying outside the courts.
The E-Mail Trail at UVa
Records show that board leaders who organized President Sullivan's ouster also wanted a major push into online education.
Affection for PDA
How could the rise of patron-driven acquisition at academic libraries affect the university presses that rely on librarians to buy unpopular monographs?
Social Network for Class of 400,000
Stanford introduces a way for students to get personal in its most popular iTunes U course.
Making It Count
Students can earn college credit by combining MOOCs and prior learning assessment -- two potential higher education "disruptions." And experts predict many students soon will.
Opinion
No Back Row
Steve Cohen writes that interactive online education, not MOOCs, may be the real challenge for traditional higher ed.
The Gamble
In an attempt to be more timely and relevant, Princeton plans to publish early chapters of forthcoming book on 2012 election in electronic form, free.