Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You – The Markup
The Markup found that code embedded in the website where students fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid,… read more
A Data Collection Project at GW Leads to Privacy Questions – Inside Higher Ed
“This surveillance creates a very hostile environment for students that I think reduces trust on campus,” Mir said. “And once… read more
A Network of Fake Test Answer Sites Is Trying to Incriminate Students – The Markup
While several companies offer services that tap into students’ webcams to track them, setting up fake sites to catch potential… read more
Balancing Student Privacy and Open Access – Inside Higher Ed
Karen Costa, an educator focused on trauma and a freelance faculty development facilitator, put Course Hero’s questionable practices regarding student… read more
Resisting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries (Bignoli et al., 2021)
In this paper, we consider what we identify as crisis surveillance capitalism in higher education, drawing on the work of… read more
Zoom’s New Attendance Tool Will Snitch on Attendees Who Are Late to a Meeting – Gizmodo
Aside from its obvious application for calling out late employees, the new meeting monitoring tool may also be used by… read more
The next normal: Algorithms will take over college, from admissions to advising – Washington Post
It’s very difficult for people who are harmed by software to protest its use or prove that it discriminated against… read more
Higher Education Voices: College Students’ Attitudes Toward Data Privacy – Student Privacy Compass
Higher education institutions collect and use significant amounts of students’ data in order to improve teaching, learning, advising, and other… read more
Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics – Code
A recent proposal recommending the deployment of surveillance software in order to monitor those accessing academic material has drawn fire… read more
Trust Students, Suspect Algorithms (Beauchamp, 2020)
When universities across the United States reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by shifting to remote instruction last spring, many of… read more