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- 7 out of 10 college students reported communicating "very often" with at least one parent or guardian during the academic year.
- 74% of parents reporting they communicated with their children at least twice per week
- 70% of parents stating they were doing at least some of the college research and paperwork for their children

- 90% of parents rely on web sites to research campuses
- 48% of parents have viewed a virtual tour and 42% have not but would like to
- 25% of parents have completed a… Continue

Hey everyone....can you believe that there is actually a Facebook application that allows you to access your blackboard account from inside facebook?

Here is the blurb:

Blackboard Learn
By Blackboard, Inc.
The Blackboard Learn application delivers course and organization updates from Blackboard to you inside Facebook. You can receive these updates while also connecting with classmates without having to leave Facebook. ''

I'm spending too much time of Facebook!!!

OK folks, I have been working on this for a while and finally just got tired, but for all of you wondering if anyone is really out there on Facebook looking at groups affiliated with EKU, here is the proof! This doesn't even hold a candle to the number of "affiliations" to EKU that are on Facebook. This just represents the number that I have logged so far.

Facebook Groups Affiliated with EKU (good and bad!)

EKU News

EKU Sports

EKU ResNet

EKU Dining

EKU SGA