This may not seem like a very relevant post, but the study basically focuses attention on the fact that the major mode of under-25 communication online is texting or facebook. Which may mean that our students are less inclined to check email, and also may not have twitter accounts. (Twitter is the “micro-blogging” application that many colleges are using to recruit new students.) Here’s a link to the Chronicle’s report on the study; if you are interested, the comments at the end are also usually illuminating

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