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The House is set to vote today on the health care bill passed by the Senate in December. Follow developments with CNN's latest reporting.

Israel has no intention of backing down in its argument with the United States over Israeli plans to build 1,600 apartments on disputed land in largely Arab East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

A second Palestinian teen has died after being shot during clashes with the Israeli military in the West Bank, medical officials said Sunday.

Two suspected cases of suicide on the Cornell University campus have officially been confirmed by the Tompkins County chief medical examiner, bringing the total number of suicides for the academic year to six.

The chief of Moscow's firefighting service died in a blaze that broke out at a business center in the northern part of the city, Russian media reported Sunday.

03-21-2010

A case working its way through an Iowa state court raises the question of just how far college professors can go in filing formal complaints of misconduct against co-workers.

One side argues that faculty members should be held personally liable if they use administrative grievance procedures to make false and damaging accusations. The other side warns, however, that exposing faculty members to this risk will prompt even those with justified grievances to stay silent...

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03-21-2010

Krishna Shetty was burned once by American visa policies, and on his second attempt to remain in the United States after his studies, he was determined not to make the same mistakes.

A native of Mumbai, Mr. Shetty graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree from Clark University. He landed a job with Fidelity Investments, anticipating that the company would be able to sponsor him for a work visa—but that did not happen.

A reduction that year in the number of H-1B visas,...

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03-21-2010

If an attractive woman is watching, a young man is more likely to make reckless decisions that can cause him to hurt himself, according to a new study. The study, conducted at University of Queensland, in Australia, found that male skateboarders were more apt to attempt risky tricks in the presence of a good-looking woman. The risks resulted in more successful completions of the trick, as well as more crash landings.

Richard Ronay, a doctoral student in social psychology, conducted...

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03-21-2010

Southern Polytechnic State University wants to be known as a place for aspiring engineers.

And what better test of engineering prowess than to take a 200-pound cast-iron bathtub, put wheels and brakes on it, and see how fast it'll go?

The Marietta, Ga., university has revived the Southern Polytechnic Bathtub Races after a 20-year break. The races originated in the 1960s, when Greek organizations on the campus filled cast-iron tubs with drinks for fraternity parties. When the...

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03-21-2010

A handful of states' budgets have fared better in comparison with others so far this recession, although a number of these states expect their budgets to worsen.

States without a budget gap in 2010

Montana

North Dakota

States with the biggest percentage increases in general-fund spending, 2008-10

1. North Dakota, 32.2%

2. Massachusetts, 16.1%

3. Connecticut, 6.5%

4. Nebraska, 4.1%

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03-21-2010

Anya Kamenetz, author of the forthcoming book DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education

Ms. Kamenetz is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine. Her previous book, Generation Debt, explored the challenges that today's students face in paying for college. She now sees herself as an advocate for improved access to higher education.

Q. In your book, you say that soon more people will follow a "personal...

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03-17-2010

Universities have been in the advanced-networking business for years, building systems to ship their scientists' data over the Internet and connecting partners like museums and high schools in the process.

Now the federal government has proposed expanding academe's role in the Internet further, by enlisting institutions in an effort to bring ultra-high-speed access to more community institutions.

The proposal is part of the first-ever federal blueprint...

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03-14-2010

Dennis M. Kratz is a big booster of the University of Texas at Dallas's Emerging Media and Communication program here.

The arts-and-humanities dean might be surprised to find out that he is also one of the first targets of a tech craze running rampant among its students.

The fad is a free social-networking and mapping game for smartphones called Foursquare. One savvy prankster recently used it to leave some virtual graffiti on the spot of Mr. Kratz's office: Watch out for...

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03-10-2010

Bill Tomlinson, author of Greening Through IT, discusses with the Tech Therapists the...

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03-07-2010

"Camera shy" is not the first phrase that comes to my mind for Siva Vaidhyanathan. The University of Virginia faculty member commands healthy fees for his lively presentations on media studies and law at conferences, and he has even appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. But he's not sure if he should record his lectures—or if he does, whether he should share them freely online.

An associate professor who focuses on digital media, Mr. Vaidhyanathan regularly...

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Yesterday, the FCC released “Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan,” which reflects many recommendations from EDUCAUSE and affiliated communities. Not only does the plan open up high-speed and affordable broadband to all Americans, it also endorses Unified Community Anchor Network (UCAN). UCAN uses the community anchor institution model established by nonprofit network organizations and recommended to the FCC by EDUCAUSE, Internet2, National LambdaRail, and many regional and state networks.

UCAN will work to extend higher education’s success in broadband networking by providing high-speed broadband connectivity to anchor community institutions that do not yet enjoy it: community colleges, K12 schools, libraries, hospitals, and college and university campuses still constrained by inadequate connectivity.

In this free March 18 EDUCAUSE Live! Spotlight on Cloud Computing Web Seminar, Clearing the Air on Cloud Computing, special guest, John L. King, joins host, Steve Worona, to discuss the topic Gartner says is at the peak of its hype—cloud computing. King, professor of information, School of Information and vice provost for Academic Information, University of Michigan, will talk about what all the hype is really about and why higher education is still so excited about cloud computing.

InCommon recently kicked off IAM Online, a new monthly series delivering interactive education on Identity and Access Management (IAM). The next session in the series is March 11 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). This session will explore the general challenges of provisioning remote users and the specific impact of HEOA regulatory requirements that ask accrediting organizations to evaluate college identity procedures for distance education students. IAM Online is sponsored by InCommon in cooperation with Internet2 and the EDUCAUSE Identity and Access Management Working Group.

E-readers are portable, low-power, high-resolution devices that display digital versions of written material from books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed sources. They typically use e-ink, a display technology designed to simulate printed paper that offers similar resolution as newsprint and, relative to an LCD screen, eliminates glare and reduces eyestrain. Digital texts can be updated easily and often include advanced features such as annotation, hyperlinking, cross-linking, saved views, interactive quizzes for individual study, analyses, and shared commentary.

In early March, EDUCAUSE, The American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), as part of a broad group of eleven library and higher education-related institutions and organizations, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski in support of preserving an open Internet. 

The letter's signatories urge the adoption of Internet (net) neutrality principles including non-discrimination and transparency, while allowing for reasonable practices to manage technical issues such as congestion and spam. These principles would give ISPs simple ground rules, and guarantee that private network operators and end users remain free to use Internet access as they see fit.

For more information, view the press release and read the letter.

"RV 244 >Members of Pablo Colombini´s upper-level Spanish II class at Brenau Academy wanted to use their Spanish in a real-life situation and collaborate with a community organization so children would benefit. The result is the kids produced from soup to nuts (or should we say "de la sopa a las nueces"?) a tiny textbook to teach children with learning disabilities how to count in Spanish. On Monday, March 29, they will officially launch the book before the audience they had in mind when they created the work - the Challenged Child and Friends school in Gainesville. Colombini met with faculty and staff at the school to determine what would be appropriate, then the Brenau students spent about four months completing the project, which is titled "Let´s Count - Los Numeros - A Children´s Book of Numbers and Sea Animals." The Academy class designed and created a book of sea animals and numbers for teachers to use in the classroom. The students were responsible for the drawings, words and the actual book design. <br> <br> <br> "

"RV 243 >Atlanta´s modern dance choreographer Melanie Lynch-Blanchard and professional performers from Zoetic Dance Ensemble join Brenau dance faculty and students at 7:30 p.m. March 18-20 with the annual Faculty Dance Concert 2010 in the Hosch Theatre. Brenau faculty, staff and students free. General admission tickets are also available at the door - adults, $6; seniors, children 12 and under, and students with valid ID $4. The dance concert, this year titled "Exposing Soles and Souls," provides the university´s highly acclaimed faculty a public showcase for their talents. "This should be a feat for the senses," said Vincas Greene, chairman of the Department of Dance at Brenau. "´Exposing Soles and Souls´ bares a variety of authentic flavors." <br> "

"RV 242 >Members of the music faculty and some of their professional singer friends will perform an evening of Brahms, Wolf and Strauss o Monday night, March 22, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Burd Center. Entitled "An Evening of Love," the program features as its center piece the "Liebeslieder Waltzes" of Johannes Brahms - sixteen short, seductive waltzes in praise of love. The singers will be sopranos Barbara Steinhaus, head of the music department at Brenau and Wanda Yang Temko, longtime "voice of the arts" at Atlanta´s classical music radio station WABE-FM; tenor Bradley Howard, a frequent guest to the Brenau campus in the opera center performances and recitals; and baritone Bart Gilleland, a rising young star of the Atlanta music scene. The pianists will be Brenau artist-in-residence William Fred Scott and piano professor Benjamin Leaptrott. In the first half of the program, the four singers will present songs with a "love theme" by Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf. After the program, there will be a reception to meet the artists. Admission is free."

"RV 241 >Education Dean Lora Bailey and Education school faculty and staff invite you to visit the newly renovated Placement and Data Coordination Center in Jewell basement on the Gainesville campus during the open house Tuesday, March 23, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to pcrusoe@brenau.edu. "

"RV 240 >On Thursday, March 18, the Servant Leadership group decorated the Greenathon Tree in Trustee Library with "Pledge leaves." Students, faculty, and staff can "pluck" and make a pledge of sustainability, which also entitles them to a raffle entry. Each leaf represents an individual pledge that its holder is making. Where else can you resolve to eat out one less time per week, and have a chance to win a prize at the same time? Or cut your showers to seven minutes (hoping you might win a stopwatch in the raffle)? There are many other choices for making a pledge, from "recycling batteries" to "no texting while driving." Pick a pledge that strikes a chord with you. And, hold on to your leaf because it will become your raffle ticket for such items as local restaurant coupons and gift cards to Amazon and iTunes.<br> <br> The large river birch tree that forms the centerpiece of the exhibit was donated by The Fockele Landscaping Company and will reside in the center of the Trustee Library until Earth Day, April 22. On that day, the tree will be planted permanently on campus with a plaque explaining its significance.<br> "