The Digital Limits of "In Loco Parentis"

Autor/in	Lipka, Sara
Titel	The Digital Limits of "In Loco Parentis"
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 26, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Web Sites; School Responsibility; College Administration; College Students; Student Behavior; Discipline; Court Litigation; Student Rights + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web-Design; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Collegestudent; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Disziplin; Rechtsstreit
Abstract	Being rowdy and impulsive is a time-honored tradition among college students. Documenting that behavior online is a recent phenomenon that still vexes administrators. When social-networking sites first became popular, many colleges and universities watched them closely. Since then, a consensus has emerged that institutions should not actively monitor the sites or react hastily to information they discover. Such practices run counter to sound educational philosophies, officials say, and make colleges vulnerable to lawsuits. Institutions also cannot ignore sites like Facebook and MySpace. Administrators have a responsibility to investigate if they learn of online evidence that a student may have violated their college's conduct code, or of postings that may be offenses themselves. Social-networking sites have become a mainstay of campus social life, and colleges are trying to treat what happens online no differently from what may occur in the dining hall or on the quad. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10