Iowa State to charge students for dorm room land lines

Students are increasingly arriving at college with their own cell phones, causing some universities to shift budgets for dorm room land lines to other projects, like wireless Internet.

October 10, 2008 - 12:24PM CT - by David Chartier

Judge: School can suspend students over fake MySpace profile

If you're a student, what you do online in your room may come back to bite you in the butt at school. A federal judge has ruled that a school had the right to suspend students over "lewd and vulgar" language used on a fake MySpace profile of the principal.

September 22, 2008 - 07:55AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Amazon may enter college textbook market with new Kindle

With rumors swirling lately about a new-and-improved Kindle, one analyst says that Amazon sees an opportunity in the education market and plans to target students. We've got some tips for Amazon should it get serious about pursuing college students with the Kindle.

August 25, 2008 - 08:00AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

The "Google generation" not so hot at Googling, after all

Research into the habits of the post-1993 "Google generation" shows that students today aren't the Internet super-sleuths they're sometimes made out to be.

January 18, 2008 - 06:20AM CT - by Nate Anderson

Chinese universities: no PCs, gaming for freshmen

Several Chinese universities have begun to institute rules banning freshmen from bringing computers to campus. The reason behind this is that freshmen aren't seen as having good impulse control, who would rather play games all day than become serious students.

October 12, 2007 - 11:17AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Laptop ownership spikes among increasingly wired college students

Everyone on a college campus seems to have a cell phone in one hand, an iPod in the other, and a laptop in the backpack. New research finds that this is, in fact, the case.

September 18, 2007 - 12:39PM CT - by Nate Anderson

Insomniac? Student? Photographer? Perfect combo for Apple's contest

Apple has just announced its first ever Insomnia Photo Festival, open to high school and college students in the US. They post the rules, you take the photos, and the world votes. All we're missing now is Simon Cowell.

April 25, 2007 - 07:12PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Barriers great and small

A report issued by the National Academies takes a look at the progress of women in the science and technology fields, and makes recommendations on what still needs to be done.

September 19, 2006 - 03:26PM CT - by John Timmer