For the week of May 8, 2010:

From Mashable on May 13, NYU Students Raise More than $100,000 to Build Facebook Alternative

We talk about the interactive graph showing the Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

The Chronicle on May 12, Colleges ‘Freaking Out’ Over New Facebook Community Pages

From a blog post on the community at ECMU on May10, Parking Tickets As Student Records? Campuses Debate Over What Student Information Is Protected by FERPA

Two Mexican universities suspend programs with University of Arizona over immigration. Reported in University Business on May 10, 2010.

Undocumented student’s arrest called part of ‘civil rights disaster’ from CNN.com on May 16

President Obama disses iPads, iPods, Playstations and Xboxes during commencement speech. Reported on Yahoo on May 10, 2010

Are universities losing their influence in the tech world? Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus investigates on May 10, 2010

Doh!

Prank by students on the student paper has consequences. USAToday on May 7, 2010.

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