Common Ground - Privacy and cybersecurity
By Tracy Mitrano. How about privacy? With a law degree, and having cut my professional teeth on the impact that the USA-Patriot Act had on higher education, that would be a natural topic. I could spice it up with national security, a subject that has long been aligned with issues of government surveillance. More...
FERPA
By Tracy Mitrano. Congress originally passed the 1974 Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, in the wake of the Church Senate Committee investigations on law enforcement overreach. Privacy reached an apex. More...
Commissioner Pai, Don’t Forget Higher Ed
By Tracy Mitrano. Last week the New York Times reported that Commissioner Pai, President Trump’s pick to lead the F.C.C., has been talking with industry leaders about his intention to re-categorize the internet. More...
Dissonances and Paradoxes of Private-Sector Growth
By Abhilash G. Nath and Eldho Mathews. Despite the growth in private higher educational institutions, people in India still prefer public institutions over private institutions. More...
Plagiarism: It’s All Greek to Some
By World View. As higher education continues to recruit internationally, institutions must support and monitor the movement of knowledge with greater care. More...
The Innovation Session – Imagining the Future
By Margaret Andrews. I’ve been thinking (and writing) a lot about innovation in higher education lately, as the news for many colleges and universities continues to be about “challenges ahead.” For many schools it’s not a pleasant picture: rising costs, low graduation rates, student/employer skills mismatches, a difficult financial model, and the increasing pursuit of new revenue streams. More...
Defending Central European University and Academic Freedom
Career Concerns and the Arts
By Elizabeth Coffman. Graduating with a degree in creative writing or the arts. More...
Math Geek Mom: Friends - Reconnecting
By Rosemarie Emanuele. One of the first realities of the academic labor market that we learned upon entering graduate school was that one must be willing to move to find a job. More...