New Site Displays ALL Of Your Personal Info

New Site Displays ALL Of Your Personal Info
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Upon launching the Spokeo website, they cleverly remind you that “it’s not your grandmar’s phonebook,” which is not only a hacky reference but also literally true: the old meatspace phonebooks didn’t automatically expose all of my private information like age,

Japanese Universities Draw Foreign Students With Manga – NYTimes.com

Japanese Universities Draw Foreign Students With Manga
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Programs in the Japanese medium are becoming a major attraction as universities vie for a dwindling pool of students, creating a talent pool for local businesses.

The Behind-The-Scenes Partnership At Apple : NPR

The relationship between Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs and head designer Jonathan Ive has resulted in some of the most important products of the new century.

The Behind-The-Scenes Partnership At Apple : NPR.

Emory-Tibet Partnership | Emory-Tibet Science Initiative

Emory-Tibet Partnership | Emory-Tibet Science Initiative
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In February 2006, Geshe Lhakdor, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, visited Emory University as a Halle Distinguished Fellow. During his visit, Dean Robert Paul convened a meeting in which Geshe Lhakdor invited the university to collaborate on the design and implementati

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology – NYTimes.com

Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks.

But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not.

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology – NYTimes.com.

One of These Things is Not Like The Other

Matthew Herper

The Next $100 Billion Technology Business

but if we don’t build it they won’t come

A bill awaiting President Obama’s signature promises a major increase in science funding over the next three years, but only if Congress actually allocates the money next year.

Bowling Green Heads Off Conflict With New Faculty Union – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The administration of Bowling Green State University has defused a potential conflict with that institution’s new faculty union over issues related to shared governance.

In the wake of the faculty’s vote in October to unionize, Bowling Green’s Board of Trustees approved revisions to the university’s academic charter eliminating various faculty and university committees and scrapping the existing mechanisms for handling faculty grievances.

via Bowling Green Heads Off Conflict With New Faculty Union – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Students in Poor Counties Get Creative Opportunities – NYTimes.com

Students in Poor Counties Get Creative Opportunities
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The Early College High School Initiative program has flourished in the Rio Grande Valley thanks to collaboration between local leaders in public and higher education.

Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis – CNBC

Price of Admission: America's College Debt Crisis -- Student debt is nearing 1 trillion dollars.  Could this be the next bubble? Go inside the debt crisis that could keep taxpayers on the hook for generations.

Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis – CNBC.

College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man ‘Academy’ on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube 1The most popular educator on YouTube does not have a Ph.D. He has never taught at a college or university. And he delivers all of his lectures from a bedroom closet.

College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man ‘Academy’ on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education.