Internet opens elite colleges to all
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Gilbert Strang is a quiet man with a rare talent: helping others understand linear algebra. He's written a half-dozen popular college textbooks, and for years a few hundred students at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been privileged to take his course.
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High-speed Internet access is becoming more and more popular, study shows.
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A young person's life prospects improve dramatically by getting a college education, but the country's schools have room for only one in six applicants
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Penn State, Cornell University among those offering paid download services to students.
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When it comes to paying for college, cash-strapped families have had a few good tidings of late. A string of elite, private colleges have announced major boosts in financial aid.
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It bills itself as the world's "most prestigious college discussion board," giving a glimpse into law school admissions policies, post-graduate social networking and the hiring practices of major law firms.
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From classroom clickers to Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, technology is king on today's college campuses.
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Conceived five years ago, it is limited to 206 universities... and the decisive breakthrough is expected any moment. THE Internet has turned 35 with a terrific growth rate and it has been doubling every year
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Two years ago, every student at T.C. Williams High received a wireless laptop computer. Alexandria school officials described the venture as a leap into the future of education and a way to close the digital divide.
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Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube.
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Students at one university are being assessed by their tutor using the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia.
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He's got social networking pages online. He visits college campuses, where enthusiastic student groups lobby hard to get their peers involved in politics.
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A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. Xinhua, China&#39;s main government-run news agency, reported Saturday that China&#39;s Ministry
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A FEW years ago, a young man in his freshman year of college had a vision for a better way to provide high school students with the information they need to find colleges that are a good fit.
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New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and Â at the top of the heap Â a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.
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Computer-based matching system helps students to find the most compatible roommates.
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St. Isidore of Seville is acclaimed as the patron saint of the Internet, and on sunny days, a stained-glass window of his likeness radiates its glow onto Boston College's Data Center .