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How One Publisher Is Stopping Academics from Sharing Their Research
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How One Publisher Is Stopping Academics from Sharing Their Research

One of the world's largest academic publishers has launched a wide-ranging takedown spree, demanding that several different universities take down their own scholars'...

Employers Receptive to Hiring It Job Candidates With Mooc Educations
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Employers Receptive to Hiring It Job Candidates With Mooc Educations

IT professionals looking to advance their careers can benefit from taking a MOOC, employers say.

'become an Ios Developer in 8 Weeks': The Truth About Hack Schools
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'become an Ios Developer in 8 Weeks': The Truth About Hack Schools

After the design firm where he worked as a web developer went under, Ray S. turned the bad news into an opportunity to transition into iOS development.

Professor Helps Address Need for Foreign-Language Science Textbooks
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Professor Helps Address Need for Foreign-Language Science Textbooks

Boston University Professor Richard Primack has produced 29 foreign-language editions of popular textbooks with input from co-authors who translate and add local...

Who Says Girls Can't Code?
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Who Says Girls Can't Code?

Wellesley College students answer the "Hour of Code" call to action by devoting time this week to teaching computer programming to others.

Aviation Schools Prepare For Boom in Drone Jobs
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Aviation Schools Prepare For Boom in Drone Jobs

Two student pilots are seated shoulder to shoulder before a bank of video monitors, maneuvering an unmanned aircraft by keyboard and mouse as the drone descends...

When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win
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When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win

Pity the lawyers—except for those who practice intellectual property law.

5 Tips For Aspiring Silicon Valley Engineers
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5 Tips For Aspiring Silicon Valley Engineers

Great software engineers are hard to find, let alone hire and keep.

Confirming the Mooc Myth
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Confirming the Mooc Myth

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are neither transforming education nor yielding large profits, but more time is needed to experiment with various applications...

Old School vs. New School As Academic Publishers Brawl Over Web
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Old School vs. New School As Academic Publishers Brawl Over Web

The competition for prominence in academic publishing heated up this week as a traditional company, Elsevier, tangled with a Digital Era rival, Academia.edu.

"Hour of Code" Calls on Students to Program Computers, With Support From Obama (And the Republicans, Too!)
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"Hour of Code" Calls on Students to Program Computers, With Support From Obama (And the Republicans, Too!)

By now you may have heard about the United States' woeful lack of public coding classes, despite the economy's ever-growing need for technical workers.

Five Online Classes To Pump ­p It Careers
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Five Online Classes To Pump ­p It Careers

An explosion in new online learning opportunities is making it possible for IT professionals to commit to a career of lifelong learning. Better still, many of these...

Inside China's Version of Silicon Valley
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Inside China's Version of Silicon Valley

On the outside, China's answer to Silicon Valley doesn't look the part: It's a crowded mass of electronics malls, fast-food joints and office buildings in northwest...

Collaboration to Leverage Online Technology to Expand Educational Access
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Collaboration to Leverage Online Technology to Expand Educational Access

Davidson College, edX, and the College Board will collaborate to provide Advanced Placement high-school teachers and their students with access to a suite of...

7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison
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7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison

Almost everyone can name the man that invented the light bulb.

Everything Is Becoming a Branch of Computer Science
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Everything Is Becoming a Branch of Computer Science

Computer science is widening its public appeal as people increasingly realize how it impacts nearly every other field of academic endeavor.

Singularity ­niversity Plots Hi-Tech Future For Humans
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Singularity ­niversity Plots Hi-Tech Future For Humans

Rob Nail walks into the room looking like a Silicon Valley Doctor Who as played by David Tennant—tailored suit, 3D-printed trainers and the Californian twist on...

Tech Boom! The War for Top Developer Talent
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Tech Boom! The War for Top Developer Talent

It isn't everyone who gets to walk through the Oval Office on their way to work.

Study Tracks Attrition Rates For STEM Majors
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Study Tracks Attrition Rates For STEM Majors

About 50 percent of bachelor's degree candidates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) exit the field without completing a college degree, according...

Strategy for Women in STEM
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Strategy for Women in STEM

Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields might benefit from a project-based curriculum, based on evidence from Worcester Polytechnic...
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