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Just in Time Research: Data Breaches in Higher Education
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Grama, Joanna – EDUCAUSE, 2014
This "Just in Time" research is in response to recent discussions on the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) discussion list about data breaches in higher education. Using data from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, this research analyzes data breaches attributed to higher education. The results from this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Policy, Information Security, Privacy
Emergency Notification Strategy
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Katsouros, Mark – EDUCAUSE, 2014
In higher education, the IT department is often the service provider for the institution's emergency notification system (ENS). For many institutions, the complexity of providing emergency notification to students, faculty, and staff makes using a local, on-premise solution unrealistic. But finding the right commercially hosted technical solution…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Access to Information, School Safety
Just in Time Research: Privacy Practices
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Grama, Joanna Lyn – EDUCAUSE, 2014
The January 2014 edition of the ECAR Update subscriber newsletter included an informal poll on information privacy practices. The poll was intended to collect a quick snapshot of the higher education community's thoughts on this important topic during Data Privacy Month. Results of the poll will be used to inform EDUCAUSE research, programs,…
Descriptors: Privacy, Educational Research, Information Policy, Access to Information
Supporting Information Governance through Records and Information Management. Research Bulletin
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Kaczmarek, Joanne – EDUCAUSE, 2014
The expanding scope of IT initiatives in higher education institutions now goes well beyond basic desktop and enterprise applications. IT is often asked to focus on efforts to establish good information-governance practices. The many aspects of information governance are often found in a records and information management (RIM) program, but not…
Descriptors: Governance, Information Management, Information Policy, Program Administration
Research Data Storage: A Framework for Success. ECAR Working Group Paper
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Blair, Douglas; Dawson, Barbara E.; Fary, Michael; Hillegas, Curtis W.; Hopkins, Brian W.; Lyons, Yolanda; McCullough, Heather; McMullen, Donald F.; Owen, Kim; Ratliff, Mark; Williams, Harry – EDUCAUSE, 2014
The EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research Data Management Working Group (ECAR-DM) has created a framework for research data storage as an aid for higher education institutions establishing and evaluating their institution's research data storage efforts. This paper describes areas for consideration and suggests graduated criteria to assist in…
Descriptors: Information Storage, Research Reports, Success, Higher Education
A Blueprint for Big Broadband. An EDUCAUSE White Paper
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Windhausen, John, Jr. – EDUCAUSE, 2008
This white paper proposes bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. It proposes the creation of a new federal Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) that, together with matching funds from the states and the private…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Telecommunications, Public Sector, Partnerships in Education