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The university will block four popular social-networking sites on the campus network for a week, in the hope that students will consider more-positive ways to use the media.

OpenStudy is the latest effort to build a social space for independent learners to help one another study the trove of free educational content available online.

A survey asks readers about the pros and cons of reading scholarly works on Kindles, iPhones, etc.

Freshmen with a greater number of Facebook "friends" and wall posts were more likely to return sophomore year, a study found.

An unexpected outcome of the university's new energy-efficient buildings: poor reception.

A new online calculator helps students determine whether more harm will be done than good.

A law professor at the University of Canberra taught classes in England without leaving her home in Australia.

To "reconnect" with students, the social-networking giant is offering a new page specially designed for coordinating campus activities.

The Beta Graveyard will remember the university's failed search technologies.

A new site called CollegeOnly tries to recapture the cachet of Facebook's early days.

A new class-registration system has let some students "cut the line" to get into class ahead of others.

With technology and media converging, the free class seeks to bridge the divide between journalists and programmers.

A small-claims-court judge said students have the right to change their minds about whether they want to receive promotional messages from their institutions.

The university hopes the service will appeal to those who need a book for a single citation or for a paper.

Should colleges purchase textbooks for students? A public institution is experimenting with that idea this fall.