Network science reveals just how innovation--much like the dreaded flu bug sweeping the nation--is contagious. Here's where you need to position yourself to catch one (and maybe avoid the other).

You can hear it in the way we speak: Songs are…

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TREND: Social Media In the Classroom

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By: Emily Madden

Date: 11/1/12

Study: More professors are using social media in the…

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College Professors Create Mobile Apps for Students

Source: www.usnews.com

By: Ryan Lytle

Date: 10/26/12

Course-specific apps can save students money and improve classroom collaboration.

By RYAN LYTLE

October 26, 2012 …

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Colleges May Neglect Social Media in Times of Crisis, Study Says

Source: www.usnews.com

By: Menachem Wecker

Date: 8/31/12

Many officials also believe that their employers aren’t doing a good job generally on social networks.

Colleges may not be leveraging social…

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6 Predictions on the Future of Higher Education

Source: www.businessinsider.com

By: Parneet Gosal (Seedwalker)

Date: 8/2/12

(Originally published on Seedwalker)

Having just finished my very first online lecture on the history of the internet, I am both heartened and dismayed by the experience. Heartened…

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What Higher Education Will Look Like in 2020 [STUDY]

Source: www.mashable.com

By: Joann Pan

Date: 7/30/12

What Higher Education Will Look Like in 2020 (Study)

In 2020, students may be able to travel to faraway continents, and attend a school halfway around the world.

Experts predict technology will facilitate distance learning outside of traditional classrooms, according to a …

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Former Professor Now Earns 40 Dollars A Week

Source: www.reuters.com

By: Susan Heavey

Date: 5/15/12

(Reuters) - Jean Coyle, 67, has a new kind of ministry.

The former professor had just begun a career as a Presbyterian minister in Virginia when the economic downturn forced her church to let her go in 2007. After that, she found only temporary work.

She relied on savings while job hunting, but at 64, had to dip into her Social Security benefits. She…

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Social Media Measurement Questions for Academic Institutions

(Originally posted on www.cagilstrap.com ... but with modifications.)

Social Media Measurement

August, 2010

When academic organizations seek social media consultants, I suggest asking the right questions regarding basic and specific needs, determining the communication context for the inquiry, and evaluating the history of (any potential) consultants. This is particularly true for academic… Continue

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Calls for Haiti Donations Spread Thru Social Web. 1/13/2010. Source: www.abcnew.go.com

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK January 13, 2010 (AP)

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9553772

Calls for donations spread through social media sites Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday as users asked their friends and strangers to help the victims of Haiti's earthquake.

On Twitter, "Yele" was the most popular topic Wednesday afternoon, as people tweeted and… Continue

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