"A lot can change in a year. Many colleges seem to have moved on from the question of whether to follow students' lead on technologies they prefer, from Web-based e-mail to Facebook to text messaging," Inside Higher Ed reports. "Now, the dilemma they face is whether to adapt students' existing habits - of messaging each other, checking each other's profiles and browsing upcoming parties - to the educational realm. A study conducted this year at Arizona State University sought to take a closer look at first-year students' use of social networks, mainly Facebook and MySpace. While many of its findings aren't surprising on the whole, the survey suggests potentially useful conclusions for educators thinking about how to use social networks to reach out to students - both as college applicants and as enrolled pupils."