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8/26/11
TechNews for the week: August 26; August 24; August 22;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Libya rebels take seaside city close to Tripoli; seize Zawiyah; Gaddafi's presidential guard surrenders in Tripoli;
Libyan opposition leaders prepare for transition; Iraqis point to mistakes in overthrowing Saddam, hope Libyans don't make same bad choices;
Egypt recalls its ambassador from Israel as tensions spike over cross-border ambush; Israeli aircraft strike targets in Gaza;
Turkish jets strike PKK targets in Iraq for 3rd day;
The West encircles Assad;
Pakistan demands veto on US drones;
GOP may OK tax increase that Obama hopes to block;
AP-GfK poll: More see country headed in wrong direction, but Bush gets more blame than Obama; most Republicans satisfied with presidential field, Perry;
Romney To Skip DeMint's S. Carolina Labor Day Candidates' Forum;
South Carolina warns businesses to prepare for new immigration law;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
Jon Stewart Takes On Fox News' 'Class Warfare' Claims (VIDEO);
Marine Brig. Gen. L.E. Reynolds, Parris Island’s first female commander;
The religious right: Rick Perry's Army of God and Bachmann's Leap of Faith; Why Salt Lake's Mayor Lost Faith in Mitt Romney;
Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast; Cell service jammed after East Coast earthquake; Earthquake Shows Faults In Traditional Telecom Model;
10 myths about freelancing;
Google Taking 'Street View' To The Depths Of The Amazon;
Finance and Economics
FACT CHECK: Recession boosts spending as it trims tax revenue, skewing the political math;
Stagnation more likely than recession; Social Security disability on verge of insolvency;
Moody downgrades Japan’s debt rating;
4 More Universities Join Effort on 'Orphan Works';
Education:
The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed; Study: College Dropouts Cost Billions in Lost Income and Taxes;
Survey: students don't buy textbooks because cost is too high;
Study Critiques Disproportionately High Grades for Education Students;
Mathematicians say "Highly Abstract" Math Curriculum Taught In High Schools Not Preparing Students For Real World;
Why US Children Rank Below Other Countries In Math; Students will become worse in math;
U. Texas Adopts Plan to Publish Performance Data on Professors and Campuses; Florida's Governor Promotes His Texas Colleague's Higher Ed Vision;
N.J. Governor’s Order to Dissolve Higher-Education Agency May Contradict Law; Missouri Teachers Sue Over Ban on Online Communications;
Realities of California's Budget Cuts; If You Build It, Someone Will Figure Out What to Do With It; Revised Rules on Financial Conflicts ;
Valdosta State professor Not Guilty ... and Not Long Employed; Canadian Math Professor Loses Legal Round in Ph.D. Dispute;
Google Plus Inspires Excitement, Hesitation in Instructors; Using a Blog in an Independent Study; Keeping Up With Online Assignments and Grading;
Integrating a Digital Project Into a Class; The Secondary Cost of an all Digital future;
U. of Utah Cancels Classes for Football Game;
NCAA Penalizes Former U. Tennessee Men's Basketball Coach; Mixed News for High-Profile Coaches in U. Tennessee Infractions Case;
Beloit College: The Mindset List for current students;
8/19/11
TechNews for the week: August 19; August 17; August 15;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Syria’s Assad says military operations have ended; World leaders call for Assad to step down;
Israeli army planting new mines along Syria border to stop protesters from crossing;
Turkey's military confirms cross border raids into northern Iraq, vows more strikes;
Insurgents attack Afghan governor's compound, 22 die; Task force estimates $360 million in contract money lost to Taliban, criminals in Afghanistan;
UN envoy meets with both sides of Libyan conflict; Gaddafi isolated amid setbacks; Rebels say Gaddafi's former No. 2 defects;
Bachmann wins GOP Iowa Straw poll, Paul second; FactChecking Iowa Debate; Eight things you ought to know before you start writing stories about Rick Perry;
Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution; Rick Perry: Evolution is 'theory' with 'gaps';
Perry says Fed would commit treason if print more money to boost economy before election; faces new flak from the right;
Coburn’s cuts: Taking on Medicare and Medicaid; O’Donnell says she felt sexually harrassed by CNN host's questions ;
Republicans view Blue Dog losses as a good sign for 2012 election cycle;
Democrats link entire GOP field to tea party’s extreme policies;
Obama to issue new proposals on job creation, debt reduction; Perry, Romney offer contrasting approaches;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
IBM Exec: The End of the PC Era Is Here;
10 Reasons Price Cuts Won't Help Tablet Rivals Catch Apple iPad2; Report: Americans Using Smartphones to Avoid Interacting With People;
Quiz: What type of career networker are you?
Air Force discharges anti-Obama 'birther';
Finance and Economics
Why The World Still Needs Dollars; Fitch affirms U.S. AAA rating, disagrees with S&P;
Warren Buffett says Tax Me; Identity thieves ripping off the dead;
Connecticut State Employees Accept Concessions to Avoid Layoffs;
Google's Motorola bid shrinks mobile patent supply; buys itself patent protection;
HTC Files Patent Complaints Against Apple; Galaxy Tab ban lifted;
North Sea Oil Spill is 'substantial';
Education:
Survey: Women Value Higher Education More Highly Than Men Do; Khan Academy And The Future Of Learning;
ACT Takers Make Marginal Gains in College Readiness, but Achievement Gaps Remain;
Survey: Colleges Slow to Seek Authorization to provide education in Other States; For-Profits and the False Claims Act;
Survey: A Quarter of Parents Want the Government to Regulate College Costs; Foreign Students Worry They Could Lose Aid Under New Indiana Law;
Judges Ignore Footnote about Free Speech for Public Employees; Missouri Law Bans Teachers from Contacting Students Online;
Colleges adapt to post-pork; U. of Texas Adds Hedge Against Endowment Drop; Kansas Governor Says State’s Universities Must Improve Their Rankings;
Ohio Governor Offers to Modify Collective-Bargaining Law to Avoid Its Repeal; Southern U.’s Faculty Threatened With Emergency Budget Cuts;
Rick Perry's Strong Views on Higher Education; Former Texas Politician Named Sole Finalist for Texas A&M System Chancellor;
When Teachers Cheat, What About The Students; Vanderbilt Includes Wiccan and Pagan Holidays on Calendar;
58,000 Students Want To Take Free Online Artificial Intelligence Course At Stanford; Instructional Tech's Kill App;
NCAA President Calls for Summit on Conference Expansion; The Unknown Future of the Longhorn Network;
U.Miami Confronts ‘Renegade’ Booster’s Allegations of Illicit Benefits to Athletes;
Support for Ohio State Football Coach Came After Lengthy Meeting with President Gee;
8/12/11
TechNews for the week: August 12; August 10; August 8;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Afghan president decrees courts cannot change election results;
Origins of the debt showdown;
Latest picks for debt panel spark some pessimism; Deficit Panel Sparks Stalemate Concern Over Partisan ‘Land Mines’ on Taxes;
Poll: most dissatisfied with political system; With trade and patent bills, Congress has shot at finally creating jobs during stalled economy;
Wisconsin GOP holds off Democrats in recall elections;
FAA workers reinstated via a 26-second parliamentary maneuver;
Former Bain Capital executive identified as mystery $1 million donor to pro-Romney PAC;
Appeals court strikes down health overhaul requirement that most Americans must buy insurance; White House criticizes court's health care ruling;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
The Web is 20 Years Old on August 6th;
Programmers say Microsoft IT Hiring Problems Bogus; Job recruiters increasingly using Facebook to find candidates;
Teen Problems Linked to Excessive Tech Use; Hack group Says It Plans to ‘Kill’ Facebook on Nov 5;
The Republican Party’s Rejection of Science;
10 immutable laws of mistakes ;
Finance and Economics
Standard & Poor downgrades U.S. debt to AA+; citing political debate, debt package ;
Officials attack S&P's credibility after downgrade; Why Warren Buffett Is Right to Knock Standard & Poor’s;
Apple's patent could prevent ALL OEMs from building tablets; Apple Sued Over Patent for ‘Fast Booting’ Computers;
HSBC in talks to sell US credit card business;
5 mistakes to avoid when choosing a neighborhood;
Education:
Professors Cede Grading Power to Outsiders; Why we Inflate Grades;
Professor as Student: A Gym Perspective; Teaching for Enduring Understanding; Counseling and Chinese Culture;
Free Research-Sharing Site, arXiv, Turns 20 With an Uncertain Future; Army will end eArmyU;
Survey: Cost Allowances Crucial to Financial Aid Officers;
Education-Technology Giants SunGard and Datatel Announce Merger; questions about the deal;
Texas Gov. Rick Perry wages an assault on state’s university establishment; Details of Plan for 'Charter Universities' in Ohio;
President of Shaw U. Resigns After 11 Months; Dickinson State U. President Refuses to Resign over inflated enrollment numbers; chancellor fires him;
Morehouse College Will Pay $1.2-Million After Science-Grant Investigation; Probe of Ex-Legislator's Scholarships in Illinois;
Nevada Supreme Court approves exclusion of faculty members from juries; Guns in the college classroom;
Board says Scandal Undermined 'Values' at U. of Vermont;
An E-Mail Experiment Helps a Duke Economist Ponder His Students’ Cheating Hearts; How to Avoid Ghostwriting Scandals in Research Articles;
On Lecture Capture and Course Quality; College Websites;
Sites for Using iPads in Education; Top 10 Educational Apps for Facebook; Freshmen look to Facebook to find roommates;
Presidents Talk Sports Finances at NCAA Retreat; Will they deal with intercollegiate athletic issues?
K State President Calls to ‘Reassert Our National Leadership’ Over College Sports; NCAA Raises Bar for Athletic Eligibility;
OSU to forfeit its share of Big Ten payment from Sugar Bowl;
8/5/11
TechNews for the week: August 5; August 3; August 1;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
In Afghan drawdown, U.S. faces quandary; US business guru loses Afghan battle; A revolving CIA door in Pakistan; Aid plan under scrutiny;
Syrian regime launches new attacks on Hama, other restive cities; troops, tanks push into Hama;
Libyan rebels: NATO airstrike kills Gadhafi's son; US review finds Iraq more dangerous than a year ago;
America's secret war in 120 countries; Is Saudi Arabia the real Middle East problem?
Obama signs debt-ceiling deal into law; Analysis: Bipartisan deal, bipartisan opposition;
European debt crisis spreads to Italy and Spain;
As FAA Shutdown Continues, Workers Miss Pay, Medical Coverage; Senate Dems give way to GOP to end FAA shutdown;
Views of Congress, tea party reach new low in poll; SC Senator calls himself Sen. Tea Party;
Ohio law limiting collective-bargaining rights of public-worker unions may not take effect;
Judge allows American to sue Rumsfeld over torture;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
Benjamin Franklin’s Habit Tracker;
The dirty little secret about tablets;
Finance and Economics
Bulldoze: The New Way To Foreclose; Top hedge fund returns elude pensions; Debt deal: Oil, pharma and hedge funds not yet off hook;
Google Buys More Than 1,000 Patents from IBM;
Back to Basics II: The Marginal Economist; 10 Ways to Create Jobs;
Education:
Forbes' List: America's Top Colleges 2011; Princeton Review names Ohio U. No. 1 Party School;
Uneducated Guesses: Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies;
Harvard, Yale, and Bard Back ‘Floating University’ That Showcases Scholars’ Online Lectures;
Stanford U. Offers Free Online Course in Artificial Intelligence; Western Governors University Gets a New Spinoff, in Texas;
When it Comes to Earnings, Higher Education Isn't the Whole Story; Debt, Dropouts and Degrees; New Data on STEM Gender Gap;
Battle Brews Over Collecting Law Schools’ Employment Data; Moody's Offers Pessimistic Outlook for Student Borrowers;
Study: Half of Student Veterans Have Contemplated Suicide;
Colleges Fight Google Ads That Reroute Prospective Students; Dickinson State U President Under Fire Over Alleged Enrollment Padding;
AAUP Faults LSU for Treatment of Biology professor and hurricane researcher; Plagiarism hinders Chinese Science;
U Southern Miss To Distribute Android Tablets to Students; Teaching with the iPad;
Reform the NCAA Rulebook; Split Decision in Title IX Case;
Off the Field, Big Ten's Faculty Work to Prevent Concussions;