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3/26/10
TechNews for the week: March 26; March 24; March 22;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Maliki warns of violence, but election board rejects call for recount; Allawi returns to the forefront of Iraqi politics; Secular challenger's bloc wins most seats in Iraq;
U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town; Operation Name Game: Where military might meets marketing; Caution lights for the military's 'information war';
Experts wonder whether U.S. has a real Israel strategy or 'talking points';
House passes historic health-care bill; Obama signs into law, urges Senate to pass revisions; GOP state leaders vow to fight health-care legislation;
For many interest groups, health-care bill's passage isn't the end; Senate, House approve 'fixes' to health-care law ;
Critic of GOP's health-care tactics pushed out from right-wing institute ;
Senators split over rules on derivatives; Senate panel approves financial overhaul bill;
Greek debt crisis among issues dividing the European Union;
When drug makers' profits outweigh penalties;
The party of trickle down, weapons of mass destruction, and fear lack class;
Republicans Oppose New Broadband Regulations;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
Google Maps API's Top 10 Under-the-Radar Enhancements;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Patent issues
First Amendment, Free Speech
Homeland Security
Other News
Ten Places NOT to Use Your Debit Card;
Study finds Testosterone Affects Financial Risk Taking;
Tech Companies That 'Willfully' Violated H-1B Laws;
Education:
Report Gives US Poor Grades In Fostering STEM Diversity; Report Examines Why Men Outnumber Women in Science and Math;
Colleges, Professors Discourage Women from Pursuing STEM Careers;
More Alabama College Students Requiring Remedial Math, English Courses;
House approves huge changes to student loan program; Student Loan Bill Scorecard;
U.S. Supreme Court Rules for Ex-Student in Bankruptcy Lawsuit Over Loan Debt;
Median Salaries of Midlevel Administrative Workers by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2009-10;
Mathematician Who Declined a Fields Medal Wins a $1-Million Prize; Former Medco CIO: Building Leaders;
At Indiana U., a Class on Game Design Has Students Playing to Win;
Study: Students Retain Information in Print-Like Formats Better;
University Sues Its Ex-President Over Expenses; Maryland Senators Vote to Withhold Money From University Over Legal Clinics;
A Sweet 16 for Fighting Grade Inflation;
NCAA Upholds Penalties Against U. of Memphis; Upholds Penalties Against U. of Alabama;
In College Sports, How the Other Half Lives; Kansas to investigate ticket office, fundraising entity;
3/19/10
TechNews for the week: March 19; March 17; March 15;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Seventh anniversary of Iraq war is little noticed; Allawi overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count; Insurgents take fight to northern Afghanistan;
White House calls Israeli action 'an insult';
FDIC chief: Financial reform bill must completely end 'too big to fail'; Bernanke argues Fed should keep all its banking oversight duties;
Wall Street bonuses equated with "theft";
Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs;
House unveils $940 billion health accord ;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
Microsoft Touts HTML5, SVG Support in IE 9 Preview;
With IE9, Web video issue remains deadlocked;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Copyright issues
Trademark, domain names
First Amendment, Free Speech
Privacy issues
Homeland Security
Other News
Study says Marathoners Face Greater Risk of Artery Problems;
FBI reports Internet Fraud Losses Doubled in 2009;
Beautiful Women Make Skateboarding More Dangerous;
TV broadcasters prepare for spectrum battle;
Bernie Madoff software programmers indicted;
Education:
Gap In US Jobs Skills Getting Worse in our economy; Education Stakeholders Debate Whether All Should Seek College Educations;
Who's responsible for failing students and schools? Engineering Majors Dominate List Of Highest Starting Salaries;
Cal State to Require Remedial Courses Before Freshman Year; Schools Taking A New Look At Credit for Experience Learning.;
Texas Board of Education moves to rewrite social studies curriculum; Texas Textbook Tussle Could Have National Impact;
100 Best Value Colleges for 2010; How well are U.S. colleges run?;
Missouri Gov. Wants to End Aid to Private College Students; Alabama's Prepaid-Tuition Plan Could Face Doom in Fall 2011;
Arizona Universities Ordered to Cut Payrolls; Britain to Cut Funds for Universities; U. of Redlands President Resigns Over Budget Deficit;
New Jersey Budget Proposal Would Merge Rutgers, Thomas Edison; Bank's Ties to University Boards Coincide With Business Deals;
National Educational Technology Plan - Part 2; Why haven't more faculty adopted technology?
Professor finds Cheaters Never Win, at Least in Physics; Professor charges that His College Undervalues Teaching;
For Crimson Tide, Football Championship Was $4.3-Million Trip; Former Coach Sues U. of South Florida Over Firing;
Racial Gap Widens In Basketball Tournament's Graduation Rates; The Academic Performance Tournament using Academic Performance Rankings;
Some Binghamton Faculty Push to Leave Division I; U. of Nevada at Reno Gets Probation for NCAA Rules Violations in Golf Programs;
NCAA Entertains Big Changes in Tournament; Duncan Proposes Banning Teams With Low Graduation Rates From NCAA Tournament;
NCAA to Release Datasets;
Podcast: Mathematicians vs. Birds vs. Monty Hall;
3/12/10
TechNews for the week: March 12; March 10; March 8;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
General warns Army's training at risk because of wars in Iraq and Afganistan;
Afghan: Marjah chief's crime record will be probed; Iraq elections appear successful despite violence;
Japan wants U.S.base moved, but where?
New round of foreclosures threatens housing market; Lehman Brothers used accounting trickery to hide troubles;
Why don't honest journalists take on Fox News?;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
HP Offers iPad Alternative; 8 Tablet PCs Ready For Enterprise;
Future of Microsoft Office;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Patent issues
Trademark, domain names
First Amendment, Free Speech
Homeland Security
Other News
Second Life's virtual money can become real-life cash;
Why it makes economic sense to invest in national parks;
Generation Y losing faith in banking system, but want to “have their cake (big salaries) and eat it too (work-life balance)”;
Education:
Governors, State School Chiefs To Propose Common Academic Standards; the proposed standards;
National Educational Technology Plan Part 1 and Part 2;
Nearly One Third Of Faculty Saw Salaries Fall; Minority Faculty Impacts Minority STEM Graduation;
UNC - Charlotte Program Targets Transfer Student Retention; Workforce Grant Fuels STEM Equity Initiative;
Professors Banning Laptops in Classrooms; More Professors Could Share Lectures Online, but don't; Soshiku an app that allows students to track assignments;
Edison State College plans to spin off a private university;
Erskine’s Accreditation Questioned; College Sues Church, Gains Injunction;
Iowa State May Change Policy for Dismissing Tenured Faculty; Arizona Regents Approve Steep Tuition Increases at Universities;
Judge rules U. of California Must Refund $38-Million in Fees to Students; Minnesota Regents to Toughen Rules on Financial Conflicts of Interest;
Assistant Football Coaches See Big Increases in Pay; More Athletes Join Suit Against NCAA;
Havoc Reigns in Oklahoma City CC Lockdown;
3/5/10
TechNews for the week: March 5; March 3; March 1;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Karzai's invitation to Taliban sets off discord, confusion ;
In Iraq Chalabi pushes political disqualifications, and the U.S. isn't happy ; Rove admits to error on Iraq as Bush strategist;
Why does the country need an independent Air Force? Price tag for F-35 jets expected to rise ;
Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices; Enron case latest to test 'honest services';
Postal Service expected to announce 'significant changes'; 5 myths about the Postal Service;
New formula to give fresh look at U.S. poverty;
Leaked documents reveal GOP plan to use scare tactics to raise money;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Copyright issues
Patent issues
Privacy issues
Homeland Security
Other News
Aging Infrastructure Could Leave US Vulnerable To Major Earthquakes;
"Hella" proposed to describe 10 to the 27th power;
Facebook's $1B revenues: Now keep it up;
Mischievous Law Prof + Texting Students = Media Frenzy;
Education:
Younger Professors Say a Successful Career Should Not Require Long Hours; the study; Ohio State Considering Multiple Pathways To Full Professor;
Study finds: Grade Inflation Pumps Up GPA's by 0.1 per Decade;
Scholastic-Gates Foundation Report America's Teachers on America's Schools; High school students learn principles of personal finance;
Princeton Review Ranks Top Video-Game Design Programs; Correlating gaming behaviors with learning behaviors;
17 States Pledge to Increase Graduation Rates; Jobs for Graduates in the Knowledge Economy?
Layoffs Without 'Financial Exigency'; Students Across Nation protest Higher Education Cuts;
Budget cuts forces Florida State to Pull Out of Kuali Open-Source Software Project;
Moody's Investors Service Wants Colleges to Disclose More About Finances; Tough Real Estate Market "A Silver Lining" For Overcrowded Colleges;
Plagiarism May Be Rife in Higher Ed Applications; Professor at Chinese University Punished for Plagiarizing Test;
Virginia Attorney General Tells Colleges to Drop Gay-Rights Protections; Legislator Drops Bill After U. Alabama-Huntsville Drops Dorm Requirement;
Church Fires 14 Trustees at Erskine College;
Binghamton University drops out of the America East Basketball tournament; Wheaton College in Illinois Cuts Five Sports;