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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
         
7/16/2008 Data security and higher education SC Magazine Josh Shaul Each week we read about information breaches exposing citizens' personally identifiable information. Recently, educational institutions in Tennessee and California were among those affected, where the personal information of nearly 100,000 students, employees and former employees was exposed. 
7/4/2008 Increase in Stolen Laptops Endangers Data Security The Chronicle of Higher Education Andrea L. Foster Colleges and universities around the nation are beefing up policies to help prevent security lapses resulting from laptop thefts. So far this year laptop thefts are believed to have been the cause of at least six security breaches involving the personal information of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. 
6/16/2008 U.S. School District to Begin Mcrochipping Students Natural News David Gutierrez Forget cargo capris and smock tops, some Rhode Island school children will begin wearing radio frequency identification (RFID) chips to school each day as part of a pilot program in the Middletown School District. 
6/11/2008 State to study student privacy policies Reformer.com Howard Weiss-Tisman Vermont education officials will review policies related to student privacy at the Board of Education meeting next week. Officials will debate policies on information suppression, third-party research requests for student data and obtaining student information. 
5/5/2008 Officials Discuss the Importance of Privacy in Online Class Discussions Wired Campus Jeffrey Young At a conference for campus security officials, a Boston College administrator said that online class discussions affect the privacy of students.
5/4/2008 I Know What You Did Last Math Class The New York Times Jan Hoffman A New York Times article highlighting the benefits and disadvantages of software that lets parents monitor their kids' every scholastic move shows that while programs such as ParentConnect help keep parents "in the loop" on their sons' or daughters' daily experiences and stimulate communications among parents and teachers, many students find the technology invades their privacy. 
4/16/2008 Virginia Tech served as warning on campus privacy Chicago Tribune Stevenson Swanson Since the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech one year ago this week, college administrators nationwide have expanded efforts designed to identify students who are potentially troubled, while federal officials, educators and legal experts have worked to simplify the privacy laws that, according to a VA state panel report after the tragedy, caused "widespread confusion" among educators about appropriate disclosure of students' personal information.
4/9/2008 Professors have access to student financial records The Lantern Angela Henderson Professors at Ohio State University have access to student financial records, according to campus newspaper The Lantern. The professors have access under the state's Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which does not distinguish between academic and financial information, allowing instructors to determine if students are attending classes for which they have not paid. 
3/25/2008 After Campus Shootings, U.S. to Ease Privacy Rules New York Times Tamar Lewin The 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act could soon undergo a makeover if new proposed regulations by the Federal Education Department take hold.
3/20/2008 Data security top tech issue for colleges USA Today Marisol Bello An Educause survey of more than 500 college and universities shows that security and privacy are the top technology-related concerns for the schools. 
3/12/2008 Ryerson Student cheered at expulsion hearing Globe and Mail James Bradshaw Ryerson University officials will decide the fate of a first-year student accused of helping classmates cheat via an online study group. 
2/28/2008 Bill aims to shield student privacy Diamondback Online Megan Eckstein The Maryland state legislature is considering a change to its laws that would allow schools to deny requests by private companies for student information, according to the University of Maryland student newspaper.
1/13/2008 Donor Privacy At Issue With University of Virginia The Daily Progress Brian McNeill Officials with the University of Virginia have asked that state's legislature to exempt it from provisions of the Freedom of information Act in order to help it maintain the privacy of 450,000 potential donors contained within a highly detailed database.
12/6/2007 FERPA Exception Allows Universities To Notify Parents Of Student Drug, Alcohol Abuse The Wall Street Journal Elizabeth Bernstein Colleges and universities are taking advantage of a provision added in 1998 to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 that allows schools to contact parents if a student under 21 is accused of an alcohol or drug violation. 
10/25/2007 Judge:  Educational Privacy Law Not Sufficient to Block RIAA's Sobpenas ARS Technica Eric Bangeman A University of Tennessee student had tried to prevent the release of his name, address and phone number to the Recording Industry Association of America, contending in part that he had not waived his right to privacy under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). 
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