In the News: Technology in Liberal Education

Tracy Mitrano, director of IT Policy and Computer Policy & Law Programs for the Office of Information Technologies at Cornell University, and member of the 2011 - 2013 NITLE advisory board, reflects on discussions at the 2011 NITLE Summit and subsequent media coverage. In Law, Policy – and IT?

Steve Kolowich, reporter at Inside Higher Ed, covered the business models working session at the 2011 NITLE Summit. His article has elicited significant response from IHE’s readership. In Inside Higher Ed.

Steve Kolowich reports on the use of open courseware at liberal arts colleges. In Inside Higher Ed.

Faculty members at Oberlin College voted last week to create an online and free archive to which they will add all work they publish in peer reviewed journals. In Inside Higher Ed.

Steve Kolowich reports on a new partnershp between NITLE and Internet2, which will enable liberal arts colleges to explore potential applications of advanced networking for liberal education. In Inside Higher Ed.

Jordan Trippeer reports on the History Engine, interviewing Edward Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, and Robert Nelson, director of the digital scholarship lab, about the project. In The Collegian.

Adena Schutzberg offers commentary on GIS in the liberal arts and NITLE’s Geospatial Technologies in the Liberal Arts conference. In All Points Blog.

Ralph K.M. Haurwitz reports on the move of NITLE’s headquarters to Southwestern University. In the Austin American-Statesman.

Scott Jaschik reports on the move of NITLE’s headquarters to Southwestern University and Joey King’s role as its new executive director. In Inside Higher Ed.