New Language in Higher Education Act Legislation
July 30th, 2008An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s July 25th issue references language in the HEA reauthorization bill that “could lead distance-education institutions to require spy cameras in their students’ homes.” The article profiles a few technologies that institutions are piloting to confirm that the student taking the exam/quiz is the individual who registered for the course. Some of these technologies can invade the individuals’ privacy, even collecting fingerprints.
