This article was written by Kelly Truong and originally published at The Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/blogPost/More-Universities-Announce/25646/
Each week it seems like a new college is ready to bestow iPads on its students for academic purposes. The latest is Oklahoma State University, which plans to distribute iPads to an estimated 120 students in the fall.

IT support at Brown University is spending the summer migrating its campus community to Google Apps for Education. The university projected that the move could save a million dollars a year.

IPad Trend Changing College Textbook Market

In an effort to give students a greater choice in textbook ordering, New York University's four bookstores have been experimenting with the sale of digital textbooks this school year. NYU Bookstores began using CafeScribe's digital book service at the beginning of the school year and expects to begin selling digital books through Jumpbooks next fall. Although digital books are heralded as a way to reduce the cost of textbooks, a simple search suggests that digital volumes may not be the cheapest option for buyers.

There seem to be two camps when it comes to supporting Apple's iPad on campus: those rushing to adopt the device on a massive scale and those who want nothing to do with it. Timothy M. Chester, CIO and vice provost for academic administration at Pepperdine University, suggests a third possible approach, one that may benefit to students without cutting into limited resources.

Apollo Group Inc., one of the world’s largest private education providers, reported net revenues of $1070.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, compared to $869.5 million in the year-earlier quarter – an increase of 23.1%.

Innovative, Online Language-Learning Solution Delivers Effectiveness, Expansion and Economic Benefits

Paying for a successful mobile-learning initiative goes far beyond just the cost of cellphones, iPods, laptops, or other devices.

Follett Software has just introduced a way to expand the library into the classroom 24/7.

Encyclopaedia Britannica textbooks and an online study module will hit Indian schools from April 2010 in four subjects - computer science, mathematics, environmental studies and general knowledge