Yes, you’ve read my headline correctly: bloggers editing and fact checking the main media outlet covering higher education in the US.
So, what do I mean exactly?
In the past weeks, two posts from two different higher ed bloggers have questioned some of the facts reported in two different articles published by the Chronicle.
Andy Shaindlin from […]
Exactly 10.6% on Web site and other electronic formats (e.g., e-mail, text messaging) and 24.1% on printed materials (e.g., viewbooks, brochures, letters) according to The Chronicle Survey of Undergraduate Admissions Officers published in its May 2 issue.
The survey results which are only available to subscribers of the print or digital versions (but if you really […]
This morning, I received two emails asking if it was still possible to register for the May 7 webinar about crisis/emergency websites presented by Mike Dame from Virginia Tech (the initial registration deadline was yesterday).
As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Friday (May 2) at 9PM ET. If you want […]
I’ve put together a short online survey to find out if and how paid advertising and sponsorship are used in magazines and newsletters published by universities and colleges.
The results of this survey will be used for a study I’m conducting on this topic and a future article.
This online survey should take you 3 […]
I’m currently wrapping up the presentation about the state of higher education (audio and video) podcasting in the US I’ve been invited to give at the Podcasting for Education Conference to be held next week at The University of Warwick in the UK (and no, I’m not the lucky gal you think I am as […]
Today, they even sent “Matthew” an invitation for the 2008 HighEdWeb Conference.
Problem is I don’t have a brother and haven’t planned (or ever thought about it for that matter) any gender-changing surgery.
Lori from the conference committee gave the explanation in a blog post posted yesterday:
Due to a mail merge snafu with our conference […]
Earlier this week, Reader Kimberly McGrath, Web Content Editor at Wake Forest University, emailed about an interesting blogging experience taking place at her institution:
This week we have seventeen students on a service trip to New Orleans. Thought you might be interested in seeing the blog.
The students are doing an awesome job writing about their […]
Today’s kids are tomorrow’s prospective college students, right?
That’s why “The Kids’ Social Networking Study,” a study conducted by Grunwald Associates LLC and released earlier this week, could be particularly interesting as higher ed institutions start to work on their next marketing strategy to face the upcoming decrease in the prospective student pool.
The study is comprised […]
Posted in Current Students, Facebook, Marketing Strategy, MySpace, President and VPs, Research, Social Networking, Target Audiences, Video, YouTube on February 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Just forward this article published yesterday in the eMarketer newsletter (but hurry, these are usually only accessible for a limited-time only): “Student Noses Buried in Facebooks”.
According to Youth Trends’ February 2008 “Top Ten List Report,” Facebook and YouTube are included in the top 3 picks for favorite websites - ahead of Google - named […]
The popular social networking website has just announced yesterday a few new features for its Facebook pages on the Facebook page dedicated to Facebook pages (gosh, how many times can I write “Facebook” in a single sentence? ;-) including the following:
Users will be able to upload photos to Pages. Check the settings on the Photos […]
