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Alumni foundations used to have it good. Sure, it wasn’t always easy keeping track of alumni through their various moves and careers, but for a long time foundations were able to control their “brand” and messages through the traditional vehicles: newsletters, school magazines, email newsletters, and direct mail. The only source of information (and the only way to contact their former classmates) was through the school itself.

Then along came Facebook.

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The class of 2012 appears to be the largest class of students to hit the college scene. This fall, they will be making their presence known nationwide at 13.6 million students strong. Estimates show that these four-year college students will spend around $4,000 on books throughout their college career. But now, a new eBook service from CafeScribe claims to be a new, easier, greener and less expensive service with which to buy textbooks.

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Over a year ago I posted here about an outstanding free public educational resource called the Open Courseware Consortium. A story on Wise Bread recently made me realize how much this program has grown.

The Open Courseware Consortium offers free access to thousands of classes at over 100 world universities. MIT alone offers 1800 courses!

There’s nothing like a little Quantum Physics to get your Sunday off to a good cerebral start.

Unless you’ve been out of the country recently, chances are you’ve heard about the fake news conference held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) public affairs department about the wildfires in California. While a lot of governmental affairs are beyond my understanding, this PR misstep is one that will be dissected for years to come.

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Here’s a reminder to visit SCADshorts and enter to win an iPod. I’ve posted about SCADshorts before, so I’ll let the site do the talkin’. SCADshorts was featured content on YouTube’s home page yesterday and this morning. SCADshorts involves the efforts of Matt Charpentier (et al.) on our staff and some of his colleagues from the Savannah School of Art and Design.

I noticed the site was moving a little slow this morning. Hey, that’s what happens when you get famous!