In Focus

Lev Gonick presents 10 myths for the coming year and what they mean for higher education information technology.

Recent incidents demonstrate that students have no idea about the implications of their lives online, writes Michael Bugeja.

College instructors and leaders must change our ways if we're to connect with today's technology-enabled students, writes Robert Eisinger.

The Rutgers tragedy is a reminder that cybergossip -- commonly about first-year females -- is widespread and that campus leaders need to take a stand against it, writes Dawn Watkins.

Lanny Arvan considers the lessons for an instructor on issues of openness, privacy and writing.

Colleges need to teach students not only how to use tools to learn, but how to use them with decency, write Sylvia Tomasch and Joseph Ugoretz.

Advances in technology challenge the traditional ways colleges have functioned, but may also strengthen the way institutions reach students, writes Eric Jansson.

Professors don’t view academic library portals as their source for scholarly resources. Rather than fight that trend, Steven Bell writes, librarians should transform their Web sites and put their content where faculty and students can find it.

Budget woes, ‘killer ap’ fatigue, and security-related disruptions top Lev Gonick’s list of the 10 IT issues facing colleges in 2009.

Amy Overman found rewards, but not those she expected, in her first experience offering a class through distance education.