In May, Amazon introduced the electronic book reader Kindle DX, touted as a new way to read textbooks, newspapers and other large documents. This fall, six colleges and universities will test the technology in a pilot, which includes making the textbooks for certain courses available online.

The Kindle DX (for “deluxe”) is searchable and portable, a plus for students accustomed to toting heavy backpacks. But there is another reason that some institutions jumped at the chance to try it out: the technology could substantially reduce their use of paper.

July 30, 2009, Universities Turn to Kindle — Sometimes to Save Paper, Sara Peters

Here’s another chance for me to get all crabby and complain about the way technology tends to get adapted–…

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took a giant step forward in comprehensive student aid reform. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, introduced by Education Committee Chairman George Miller, invests billions of dollars in financial aid at no new expense to taxpayers. The United States Student Association, along with college students nationwide, is ecstatic about Congressman Miller’s unsurpassed commitment to higher education.

Students Thrilled with Student Aid Reform Bill, Education is a Right, July 15, 2009

The Obama or Democratic party agenda seems fascinatingly split into two. On the one hand are the programs deemed “controversial” by some weird mixture of media interest and conservative hysteria. First it was the stimulus money and now it’s health care reform. These are…