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Building a Student-Level Data System
May 12, 2017Ben MillerLearn MoreThis report examines a provision added to the Higher Education Act in 2008 which prohibits the Department of Education from creating a new database of informat…
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Tattoos, Tickets, and Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law to Hide Their Scandals,
May 12, 2017Mary Margaret PenroseLearn MoreThis article hopes to argue for a change in the dynamic that means schools' inverted resort to FERPA is not truly to advance "student privacy," but rather a co…
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Applications of Student Data in Higher Education Issues and Ethical Considerations
May 12, 2017Sharon SladeLearn MoreThis report focuses on the applications strand which sought to yield further insight into: the main areas of focus and most promising types of applications for…
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Student Privacy Self-Management: Implications For Learning Analytics
May 12, 2017Paul Prinsloo and Sharon SladeLearn MoreThis paper explores issues around consent and the seemingly simple choice to allow students to opt-in or opt-out of having their data tracked. We consider how …
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Understanding Information Security and Privacy in Postsecondary Education Data Systems
May 12, 2017Joanna Lyn GramaLearn MoreThis paper outlines the information security and privacy challenges that exist within the national postsecondary education data infrastructure. It also introdu…
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Hiding Behind Ivory Towers: Penalizing Schools That Improperly Invoke Student Privacy To Suppress Open Records Requests
May 12, 2017Rob SilverblattLearn MoreThis article suggests the status quo gives institutions strong incentives to unlawfully deny open records requests through reliance on FERPA. Indeed, it makes …
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Failed Justifications: Why Privacy and Federalism Do Not Support the Ban on a Federal Unit-Record System
May 12, 2017Nathaniel CusterLearn MoreThis article suggests that the ban on a federal unit-record system cannot be supported by appeals to either privacy or federalism. Because these arguments were…
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Data Privacy Issues: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
May 12, 2017John L. Nicholson, Arthur McCombs, Vadim SchickLearn MoreThis paper offers a broad overview of the data privacy protection regime, as it applies to institutions of higher education. Part I provides an overview of the…
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Just in Time Research: Data Breaches in Higher Education
May 12, 2017Learn MoreThis “Just in Time” research is in response to recent discussions on the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) discussion list about d…
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College And University Data Breaches: Regulating Higher Education Cybersecurity Under State And Federal Law
May 11, 2017Katie BeaudinLearn MoreThis article discusses the types of breaches commonly faced by higher education institutions and what steps these institutions can take to limit liability and …
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Educational Privacy in the Online Classroom: FERPA, MOOCs, and the Big Data Conundrum
May 11, 2017Elise YoungLearn MoreFERPA is so dated that when confronted with a technology that can collect and use big data, like MOOCs, the statute practically breaks down. This article exami…
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Balancing Student Privacy, Campus Security, and Public Safety: Issues for Campus Leaders
May 11, 2017Lesley McBainLearn MoreThe purpose of this paper is twofold: to provide background information on student privacy and campus security, and to review best practices that college and u…