BREAKING NEWS: HEA LEGISLATION UPDATE

Through the activities of the House and Senate Conferees on Tuesday of this week, language that would require distance education universities to implement monitoring systems that may jeopardize the privacy of their students was removed.  The Conference Report states:

 

“The Conferees adopt the provision as proposed by both the Senate and the House.  The Conferees expect institutions that offer distance education to have security mechanisms in place, such as identification numbers or other pass code information required to be used each time the student participates in class time or coursework on-line.  As new identification technologies are developed and become more sophisticated, less expensive and more mainstream, the Conferees anticipate that accrediting agencies or associations and institutions will consider their use in the future.  The Conferees do not intend that institutions use or rely on any technology that interferes with the privacy of the student and expect that students’ privacy will be protected with whichever method the institutions choose to utilize.”

 

Please see my post titled, “New Language in Higher Education Act Legislation” for more information on the Higher Education Act.

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