While this might seem like meeting students in “their world”, the risk of blurring social and work boundaries, which may impact on student privacy, is significant. For example, a WhatsApp message to a ...

In a data-driven world, protecting your data is an essential skill in your student and personal life. Colleges and universities are collecting more data than ever. Understanding which information ...

The research addresses a fundamental challenge in modern education: the lack of cohesive insights from disparate student data ...

For example, let’s consider the student data management system PowerSchool to illustrate the difficulty in maintaining student privacy when there is leadership or ownership turnover.

Students at the University of Alaska have created a public database containing salary information of university employees.

Increasingly, universities are collecting and analyzing student data for a variety of purposes. At the University of Arizona, for example, a researcher analyzed the swipes of student ID cards at ...

For example, in Minnesota, Ramsey County, the city of St. Paul, and St. Paul Public Schools entered into a data-sharing agreement to increase efficiency and effectiveness in identifying young ...

The database could also show, for example, the student was improving and was in an English-as-a-second-language program.

The Nexus app also integrates student data, including academic and behavioral data, from applications across campus to drive early intervention. Advisers, for example, can use the app to monitor ...

Prospective student profiles include test scores, online browsing histories, household income, ethnic and racial information, and other sensitive data.