Tech & Innovation

Student Kyra O’Connor offers perspective on privacy policies, data collection and the university’s role in cybersecurity.

Rushing to provide opt-out mechanisms may be hurting rather than protecting students, writes Christopher Brooks, who teaches in a school of information.

New digital and telehealth options make it easier for students living off campus -- even in a different state -- to access their institution’s mental health resources.

Number of students studying exclusively or partially online ballooned in fall 2020, especially among undergraduates and at public universities.

Combined entity will work with thousands of colleges across administrative and academic departments.

With their industry under scrutiny, two companies publish data on student outcomes and prices of online programs at their partner colleges. But the information skirts key financial questions.

Four actions to encourage students to take for better understanding of what data are collected about them and what control they may have over the use of their private information.

Unable to piece together all the different indicators, colleges and their instructors struggle to glean real wisdom, let alone adjust to a student’s needs, write Cathy O’Bryan and Bhavin Shah.