Here are a couple of good reads regarding building accessible web sites (Think about EKU Web!):

1-Feb-2010
Flash, iPad, Standards - Jeffrey Zeldman

3-Feb-2010
Ahem (follow-up) - Jeffrey Zeldman

NY Times: The Choice article

More attention on academics - departments and majors. How long does it take to graduate and what kind of job can I get?

Financial calculators

Conveying information rapidly - what makes us distinct?

Video vital to web - however students do not want to wait for Flash and JavaScript to load.

High school sophomores and junior have little… Continue

Free Newsletter from Stamats, high ed marketing gurus presented at 2008 HighEdWeb Conf - great content, ancillary links - check it out:

QuickTakes

- 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!!!