Griffen Smith writes: Last week, more than 150 students got an unusual email from the University of Montana. It wasn’t to share important academic information, or update students on a private matter, but informed students that their names would be shared with attorneys defending a former UM student accused of rape. What did all these…
Category: Youth & Schools
Commentary: Keep facial recognition out of New York schools
Mahima Arya and Nina Loshkajian write: In 2020, New York became a national civil rights leader, the first state in the country to ban facial recognition in schools. But more than two years later, state officials are examining whether to reverse course and give a passing grade to this failing technology. Wasting money on biased…
“Don’t spy on a privacy lab” (and other career advice for university provosts)
Cory Doctorow writes: This is a wild and hopeful story: grad students at Northeastern successfully pushed back against invasive digital surveillance in their workplace, through solidarity, fearlessness, and the bright light of publicity. It’s a tale of hand-to-hand, victorious combat with the “shitty technology adoption curve.” What’s the “shitty tech adoption curve?” It’s the process…
Chegg No Longer Sharing Student Information with Universities to Protect Student Privacy
Caera Learmonth reports: Chegg, a textbook rental and tutoring website that reported over 5.3 million subscribers in August, has stopped providing student information to colleges and professors in an effort to protect student privacy. On Aug. 8, Chegg updated its honor code policy to only provide colleges with dates and time stamps of when questions are posted…