With our “Interesting Reads” blog posts, the EDUCAUSE Policy Office highlights recent articles on federal policy issues and developments that are directly relevant to members or provide insights on higher education policy in general.
So far in 2016, that includes the following:
- “Is the DMCA an Effective Way to Take Down Infringing Content?” GigaLaw, Feb. 3, 2016
- “Email privacy legislation moving forward in House,” The Hill, Feb. 3, 2016
- “Higher Ed [Act] Overhaul Unlikely in 2016,” Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 2, 2016
- “Mitch McConnell just announced the Senate might not take up any substantive legislation in 2016,” Vox, Feb. 2, 2016
- “Education CIO in the hot seat on Capitol Hill,” FCW: The Business of Federal Technology, Feb. 2, 2016 (see also “Chaffetz wants more answers from Education CIO,” Jan. 29, 2016)
- “Why Colleges Hide Behind This One Privacy Law All The Time,” Huffington Post, Feb. 1, 2016
- “Employers as Accreditors,” Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 28, 2016
- “5 Things Congress Should Learn From New State Privacy Bills,” Wired, Jan. 21, 2016
- “ACLU takes the privacy fight to the states,” The Hill, Jan. 20, 2016
- “The Faculty Role Online, Scrutinized,” Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 15, 2016 (refers to the U.S Dept. of Education, Office of the Inspector General audit of Western Governors University)
EDUCAUSE Policy tracks and analyzes the issues likely to have the greatest impact on higher education IT and works with members to inform public and campus policy development.