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A growing plague of clever e-mail scams, aimed at colleges nationwide, has campus-network officials worried about how to combat them. A public-awareness campaign at Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge uses posters (above) depicting a dim-witted character who falls for an e-mail scam. (Illustration from Louisiana State U.)

Online College Faces Criticism for Renting Out Space on '.edu' Domain

College officials are complaining about an online college that rents out blog space on its .edu domain to just about anyone willing to pay $50 a month.

Distressed Students Find Comfort and Safety on a Confessional Web Site

Defending the Property of an Anti-Property Marxist Scholar

Tech Therapy: Professors and Technology: Helpless or Hopeless?

University Computer Breach Risks Data of Students Who Never Went There

Colleges Are Targets of E-Mail Scam

Virtual Events Have a Real-World Effect, a Scholar Finds

NEWS ANALYSIS: The University of Massachusetts has announced an online-education program in China, but campus officials with experience there say the university may be speaking too soon.

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