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Thwarting ID Thieves

Feature
What most colleges and universities aren't doing to avoid identity theft and fraud--but should be.
Kristen Domonell
University Business, Jul 2011

American colleges and universities are breeding grounds for innovative ideas and open information sharing. Pair that with a large number of systems on a given network and a vulnerable student population with fresh credit and you've got an appealing target for identity thieves.

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Alumni
Business Intelligence
Database Management
Networks / Servers
Security
Social Media
Wireless Networking

The Shifting Instructional Technology Landscape

Viewpoint
What the future holds for learning management systems and related technology
Mike Scheuermann & John A. Bielec
University Business, Jul 2011

The look of instructional technology is changing rapidly, as are the roles and strategies of the IT professional. Higher education technology’s legacy was characterized by six key areas: a strong sense of faculty ownership; hidden costs of free systems and networks; content and delivery mechanisms that were not well-differentiated; unstructured innovation; systems that would neither scale nor integrate; and service levels that were little more than “We’ll give it our best”--all with security being a mere afterthought.

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Content Management
Risk Management
Security

Student Shot Two Women at Virginia CC Before Being Subdued

An 18-year-old student drove to a community college campus located inside a western Virginia mall on Friday, April 12, walked in, then opened fire -- wounding two women -- before being subdued by an off-duty security guard and two police officers, authorities said.

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CNN

Salt Lake Community College Offering Degree in Homeland security

Homeland security isn’t just a color-coded risk chart at a press conference in Washington, D.C. It's now a new associate’s degree program in Homeland Security/Emergency Management. Set to begin in the fall, it’s the only program of its kind in the Intermountain West aside from a graduate degree offered in Las Vegas.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

Jackson CC (Mich.) Conducting Voluntary Lockdown Drills

Jackson Community College isn’t required to do drills designed to protect its students and employees from campus threats, but that’s not stopping college officials from doing them. That includes instituting a critical incident team that incorporates everyone from safety personnel to college employees to JCC President Dan Phelan, Allen said. The team will cover policies and procedures for everything from active shooters on campus to bomb threats to chemical spills in labs and power outages, she said.

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Source: 
MLive Media Group

Harvard Searched E-Mails for Source of Media Leaks

Harvard secretly searched the e-mail accounts of several of its staff members last fall, looking for the source of news media leaks about its recent cheating scandal, but did not tell them about the searches for several months.

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Source: 
The New York Times

Preventing Fraud At U Of Central Arkansas

A new fraud policy, a hotline for employees to report fraud and the independent Office of Internal Audit will prevent fraud and ferret out future wrongdoing at the University of Central Arkansas, President Tom Courtway said during the Board of Trustees meeting Friday.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Making College Campuses Safe in a Violent Era

In Connecticut, not far from the national horror that occurred in Newtown, we view the issue of gun control through a different lens.

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Source: 
The Huffington Post

Arkansas Lawmakers Approve Guns On Campus Bill

Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would allow college campuses to decide whether to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns.

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Source: 
AP via The San Francisco Chronicle

Oklahoma State University's Response To Sexual Assault Reports Was 'Misguided'

The response by officials at Oklahoma State University to a series of sexual assault reports on campus was “misguided,” according to a report from OSU's governing board.

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Source: 
NewsOK.com

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