From SafeGov.org: Tracy Mitrano, former director of IT Policy and current Director of the Internet Culture, Policy, and Law Program (ICPL) at Cornell University, recently sat down with Steve McDonald, General Counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design and a well-known expert on FERPA. Mitrano interviewed McDonald on a range of issues covering FERPA…
Category: Youth & Schools
Princeton U. files motion opposing anonymity in suit challenging mental health policies
Chitra Marti reports: The University has filed an opposition to the plaintiff’s motion to proceed anonymously in the mental health lawsuit filed last March. The plaintiff, a student who currently uses the pseudonym W.P. in the lawsuit, filed with his lawsuit an application to proceed anonymously and protect his identity from public disclosure. The University’s…
U. North Carolina removes some directory information
From the good-for-them dept.: Katie Kilmartin reports: In order to protect the privacy of students, faculty and staff, ITS altered the UNC directory to no longer include home addresses or phone numbers. The change became effective Oct. 31. Privacy concerns from students and campus stakeholders prompted the change, said Kate Hash, communications manager for ITS. …
Schools keep track of students’ online behavior, but do parents even know?
Taylor Armerding reports: Parents expect schools to keep track of their kids. But in the digital era, keeping track is vastly different than it was a generation ago, thanks to Big Data analytics. According to its advocates, this is a very good thing. Gathering individual information on students can lead to “personalized” and “adaptive” learning…