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Protecting and Ensuring Student Privacy

Properly managing records and avoiding cyberattacks requires an information life-cycle approach, advises Mary Ellen Buzzelli, who outlines the key steps you should take.

Library Leaders Lack Confidence in Diversity Strategies

Fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in academic libraries is more important to library leaders now than it was in 2019, but many are uncertain about the effectiveness of their strategies.

App’s Private Aid Algorithm Promises Fast Cash

Start-up uses an algorithm developed by Sara Goldrick-Rab to approve student emergency aid applications quickly. Experts say the outsourcing can work, if known pitfalls can be avoided.

Coursera IPO ‘Seized On the Right Moment’

Coursera’s initial public offering looked good for the company, which the market valued at over $7 billion. That's probably good news for competitors' valuations, even if it's not exactly clear which aspect of the online learning business attracted investors.

Secure File Sharing Compromises University Security

A list of higher education institutions affected by a vulnerability in supposedly secure file transfer software could grow, cybersecurity experts say.

Driving Transformation in Higher Education.

" Driving Transformation in Higher Education" is a new compilation of articles and essays from Inside Higher Ed. You may...

Big Read-and-Publish Push Arrives

Cambridge University Press recently struck dozens of open-access publishing deals with U.S. institutions, convincing many libraries to abandon their traditional journal subscription arrangements for the first time.

Online Campus Tour Gigs Stoke Disagreement

Campuses threaten legal action against a company enlisting students to lead unofficial virtual campus tours.