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THE WIRED CAMPUS

A daily glance at education-technology headlines
for Monday, December 13.

A service of The Chronicle of Higher Education

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FROM THE CHRONICLE:

"Colleges Face Rising Costs for Computer Security"
More than half of colleges are spending a greater portion of
their information-technology budgets this year to protect their
computer networks from intrusions, a Chronicle survey has
found.
<http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i17/17a00101.htm>

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A LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES:

"More Schools Offer Cheap Music Downloads for Students"
In response to student demand, a new crop of colleges and
universities have rushed to ready legal music-downloading
services by January instead of waiting to implement them next
year. (USA Today)
<http://chronicle.com/temp/rd.php?id=20041213a>

"University Accuses Distance-Learning Program of Being
'Diploma Mill'"
Regis University, in Denver, has sued the owners of St. Regis
University, an online institution, for issuing fraudulent
college degrees and damaging the brick-and-mortar university's
reputation. (Associated Press)
<http://chronicle.com/temp/rd.php?id=20041213b>

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"Student Poll Finds Web Influence Gains"
Students at Pennsylvania State University say the Internet was
almost as important as television news in influencing their
voting in this year's presidential election, according to a new
survey. (Centre Daily Times)
<http://chronicle.com/temp/rd.php?id=20041213c>

"Teachers Battle Invasion of Online Slang"
College professors who find students' papers littered with
Instant Messenger jargon might want to complain to high-school
teachers: Some language experts say students aren't drilled on
the finer points of grammar and punctuation before they head to
college. (East Valley Tribune)
<http://chronicle.com/temp/rd.php?id=20041213d>

"Sharman Witness: Tech Can Control Illegal Swapping"
A professor at the University of California at Berkeley,
testifying for the corporate owners of the  peer-to-peer network
KaZaA in a trial in Australia, told the judge that new
technological measures could keep computer users from breaking
copyright laws. (CNET)
<http://chronicle.com/temp/rd.php?id=20041213e>

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