20 Million downloads at itunes U:

This impressive feet includes:

2,085,500 downloads
over 2,286,704 visitors downloaded files
currently averaging* 491,000 downloads a week
89.3% of visitors from outside the United Kingdom
1 in 16.5 downloaders go on to visit the OU website (to 30 June 2010)
314 albums containing 2,727 tracks (1,231 audio, 1,496 video)
250 of the albums contain audio visual material [...]

Today I gave a workshop on using personality testing in the college search process. The site we used:
Shanghai American School Guidance website.
Some great books on personality profiles (some college or career specific):

Amazon.com Widgets

Minnesota is leading the way of embedding online courses as part and parcel of the education experience in public education:

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Inside Higher education has a very detailed commentary on the push for online.

Much has been written and discussed about student’s online pressence since I first conducted a study of how admission officers google applicants or friend them on facebook or myspace. Below is a series of tools and articles collected through NACAC. Hat tip to Marcie.

Tools:
Reclaim Privacy: - if you install this bookmarklet using the instructions [...]

will be you…via DNA swab. Welcome to UC Berkeley

Why not?
It seems like everyone has China on the mind–what with 10% growth, the Olympics, the longest subway lines in the world and now the World’s expo, not to mention, food, pandas, walls and more. I have often beedasked about earning a degree in English in China, but honestly have had little luck finding more [...]

We continue our disection of Angel Perez’ 5 Key suggestions. from  The Washington Post:
3. Step Foot On Campus
Would you ever buy a house without visiting it? Would you buy a car without test-driving it? You could, but it’s not a safe bet.
Remember that all college brochures, Web sites, and promotional videos will be attractive. These are good [...]

College Surfing is offering up their Champions of social media usage in higher ed. Although I did my own rankings of college use of technology in the past, it is always refreshing to see another’s look. They focus on Web 2.0 but do not really quantify exactly what that means. Looking at the more detailed [...]

Jeffrey Brenzel, admissions dean at Yale, said via e-mail that the video is “a campy musical extravaganza that also manages to convey the real spirit of the students and the place.”
Check out the commentary in Inside highered and The New York times has this doozie:
For heaven’s sake, it’s YALE, not Taco Bell. With their miniscule [...]

Google maps is one of the coolest things on the web. They now offer streetview for two college campus: Boston University
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and San Diego State University.
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