Trends in the Age Composition of College and University Students and Graduates

New report from Statistics Canada:
Trends in the Age Composition of College and University Students and Graduates, by Meghan Dale.

Blind students find navigating new technology difficult

E-book readers,course-management software... What are some of the implications of new technology for blind students?
At "Pennsylvania State University, blind students and professors suffer 'pervasive and ongoing discrimination' because of inaccessible campus technology..."
Read more: Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online (from The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Refining your Google search

There are many tips and tricks to using Google, but one of the best is using the + operator. Essentially the + operator is used when you want Google to search only a specific term. Check out the Search ReSearch blog to learn more.

Nov/Dec. issue of EDUCAUSE Review is available

EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, November/December 2010
Articles include:

· You 3.0: The Most Important Evolving Technology

· Universal Design for the Digital Environment: Transforming the Institution

New UNICEF report: The Children Left Behind

From UNICEF: The Children Left Behind
An overview of inequalities in child well-being for 24 of the world’s richest countries.
"...growing up in poverty incurs a substantially higher risk of lower standards of health, of reduced cognitive development, of underachievement at school, of lower skills and aspirations, and eventually of lower adult earnings, so helping to perpetuate disadvantage from one generation to the next."

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