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What Netflix And eHarmony Can Teach College Guidance Counselors

Austin Peay State University is testing out a Netflix-like recommendation system for courses. Tristan Denley, the prof behind the tech, wonders: "If eHarmony works well, why not this?" READ»

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How to Shrink the College Minority Gap

Two Stanford researchers have tested a confidence-boosting technique that dramatically increases the performance of minorities in college.READ»

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Zappos Shoes CEO Tony Hsieh Wants to Be Your Soul Provider

At SXSW, the chief of one of America's favorite online shoe stores lets Fast Company in on his newest idea, a lifestyle and business brand with partner Jenn Lim named after his bestselling business book, "Delivering Happiness." READ»

Apple's iPad Officially Passes the Higher Education Test [Exclusive]

Reed College finds that the iPad excels under the same conditions in which the Amazon Kindle failed a year earlier.READ»

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How Businesses Can Improve the Education System

Research consistently finds that there is a large gap between what employees want and what schools teach. As a result, the U.S. Department of Labor ended up commissioning one of the great government education reports of the '90s, ...READ»

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Why Robert Picard is Wrong about Journalists Deserving Lower Pay

Details matter: Robert Picard’s recent editorial shows a reckless disregard for context, when he accuses journalists of being responsible for their profession’s own demise. Picard, essentially, argues that if reports are ...READ»

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Why I Let My Students Use Facebook During Class

Thanks to laptops, I have to compete with the most sophisticated portable entertainment device ever conceived by man…welcome to the modern classroom. Now, I could dig deep into my primal nature and do what authority ...READ»